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Apparatus and method for ionospheric mapping

  • US 5,428,358 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1994
  • Issued: 06/27/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for producing an atmospheric ionospheric map comprising:

  • means for receiving compressed digital data in a binary code format from a plurality of global positioning system (GPS) satellites said data defining the satellite operating parameters;

    means for decompressing the satellite operational data and converting it to an ASCII code;

    means for adjusting the ASCII coded data for any out of phase data;

    means for computing a slant range total electron content (TEC);

    means for computing a vertical total electron content (VTEC) of the ionosphere so as to produce an ionospheric map; and

    means for displaying the ionospheric map.

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