Trends and Modeling of Ionospheric Irregularities - Softcover

Mungufeni, Patrick; Habarulema, Bosco; Jurua, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6202073632 ISBN 13: 9786202073639

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

The upper atmosphere of the Earth at a height range of about 300 – 500 km introduces a lot of errors in navigation and communication systems. A good example of a navigation system affected by the upper atmosphere is the well known Global Positioning System (GPS) which is used in air-crafts for positioning. This book used signals from GPS satellites to study the upper atmosphere and employed mathematical techniques to predict when errors in positioning or communication might occur due to changes in the upper atmosphere. Based on information from such predictions, one could switch to alternative methods of positioning or communication.

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About the Author

Currently, Dr. Patrick Mungufeni is a lecturer in the dept. of Physics, Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He obtained his PhD in Physics (Ionospheric Physics) in January, 2017. At present, he has three international peer reviewed publications in characterization and modeling of Ionospheric irregularities over low latitudes in Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6202073632
• ISBN 13: 9786202073639
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96