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Fluctuations of total electron content in the ionosphere as deduced from measurements by single-frequency GPS receivers

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Using an ionospheric diagnostic technique developed by the authors and single-frequency GPS receivers, we obtained the first results of these diagnostics. In particular, we show that the ionosphere is characterized by large-scale periodic processes with frequencies of 3–5 mHz.

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  • Gorbachev, O.A., Ivanov, V.B., and Ryabkov, P.V., On the Possibility of Using One-Frequency GPS Received in Order to Diagnose the Ionosphere, Nauch. Vestn. MGTU GA., Ser. Radiofiz. Radiotekh., 2006, no. 107.

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Gorbachev, V.B. Ivanov, P.V. Ryabkov, 2009, published in Solnechno-Zemnaya Fizika, 2009, Vol. 13, pp. 25–29.

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Gorbachev, O.A., Ivanov, V.B. & Ryabkov, P.V. Fluctuations of total electron content in the ionosphere as deduced from measurements by single-frequency GPS receivers. Geomagn. Aeron. 50, 868–872 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793210070078

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