Electron density profiles determined from tomographic reconstruction of total electron content obtained from GPS dual frequency data: First results from the South African network of dual frequency GPS receiver stations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2049-2055

  Cilliers, Pierre J ^a,b   Opperman, Ben D L ^a   Mitchell, Cathryn N ^c   Spencer, Paul J ^c  

^a HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron density profiles; Ionospheric tomography; South African GPS receivers; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; IONOSPHERIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICAN GPS RECEIVERS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 9644265531     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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