Global scale observations of ionospheric instabilities from GPS in low earth orbit

AIAA Space 2001 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Kramer, Leonard ^a   Goodman, John L ^a  

^a United Space Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMAGNETISM; ORBITS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; IONOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; IONOSPHERIC INSTABILITY; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; IONOSPHERIC MONITORING; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 85087192945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-4653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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