Open AccessSpace weather degrades GPS signals
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2007.48304_16.x
Subject(s) - global positioning system , space weather , solar flare , meteorology , noise (video) , gps signals , remote sensing , geodesy , environmental science , computer science , geography , astronomy , physics , telecommunications , assisted gps , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
A powerful solar flare on 6 December last year produced so much radio noise that GPS signals were significantly affected, according to researchers from Cornell University. This raises the question of how badly such systems would be affected at solar maximum.