Evaluating GPS Receiver Robustness to Ionospheric Scintillation
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چکیده
Todd E. Humphreys is a research assistant professor in the department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. He will join the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2009. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Utah State University and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University. His research interests are in estimation and filtering, GNSS technology, GNSS security, and GNSS-based study of the ionosphere and neutral atmosphere.
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