Impact of E/F layer ionospheric scintillation on TEC changing rate of GPS

Abstract

Abstract: As a natural phenomenon which is possible to reduce navigation performance, ionospheric scintillation mainly occurs in different heights of ionosphere layers at polar area and low latitudes including E/F layers; In order to investigate the effects of E/F layer ionospheric scintillation on ROTI estimated by GPS ground stations, COSMIC and high rate GPS dual-frequency geodetic surveying data are used to conduct detailed analyses. Meanwhile, the predicting ability of GISM is also investigated. Result shows that GPS ROTI is small (ROTI≈0.02TECU/min) when E-layer strong scintillation occurs (S4>0.6), however, ROTI becomes very large (ROTI≥2 TECU/min) when F-layer strong scintillation occurs. Take Hong Kong district as instance, GISM is capable to predict ionospheric scintillation occurring at night(S4predictedvalue≥0.6)while predicted S4 value of daytime scintillation is totally zero. Besides, there is no difference between ionospheric scintillation of E/F layers according to GISM predicted results.

Key words: E/F-layer ionospheric scintillation, COSMIC, ROTI, GISM

CLC Number:

TN967.1

YIN Ping, LI Qingyu. Impact of E/F layer ionospheric scintillation on TEC changing rate of GPS[J]. .

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