Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008spwea...603004k&link_type=abstract
Space Weather, Volume 6, Issue 3, CiteID S03004
Mathematics
Logic
Space Weather: Impacts On Technological Systems, Space Plasma Physics: Plasma Energization
Scientific paper
With the ubiquitous Global Positioning System (GPS), scientists have gained unexpected insight into Earth's ionosphere, an electrically charged region of space that hovers over the planet. Among other uses, GPS receivers are routinely cataloging the population of electrons swirling around the ionosphere. This has led to the discovery of some odd structures in the ionosphere, including gigantic plumes of ionized gas rising steeply into space. The studies are more than idle curiosity. The plumes and other phenomena in the ionosphere can affect radio signals that pass through the region. Of particular concern are the GPS signals themselves, which transverse the ionosphere from a network of orbiting satellites to reach receivers on aircraft or the ground. Free electrons in the ionosphere twist the radio signals, changing their speed and direction of travel.
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