Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), such as the US Global Positioning System (GPS), The Russian GLONASS or the European Galileo, are space-based navigation systems. GNSSs enable a generic user located anywhere on the Earth to determine in real time his Position, Velocity and Time (PVT), by...

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Main Authors: Linty, Nicola, Hunstad, Ingrid
Other Authors: Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2122/11082
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Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica
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description Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), such as the US Global Positioning System (GPS), The Russian GLONASS or the European Galileo, are space-based navigation systems. GNSSs enable a generic user located anywhere on the Earth to determine in real time his Position, Velocity and Time (PVT), by means of a Radio Frequency (RF) electro-magnetic signal, the Signal-In-Space (SIS), transmitted by a constellation of satellites orbiting around Earth. Uninterrupted Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution is determined by GNSS receivers, which continuously process the SIS from the satellites in view. GNSS receivers are part of the GNSSs ground segment. They are a suboptimal implementation of a maximum likelihood estimator of the SIS propagation time. The PNT solution is indeed based on the computation of the SIS Time Of Arrival (TOA), according to the satellite and receiver local clocks. This is achieved thanks to the presence of a different Pseudo Random Noise (PRN) spreading code in the modulated SIS broadcast by each satellite. In the GNSS receiver, the incoming signal is correlated with a local replica of signal code, obtaining the time difference information. The time difference is then transformed into a range information by multiplying it by the speed of light in the vacuum. However, since the receiver clock is not synchronized with the transmitters clock, this measure suffers of time bias, which is considered as an additional unknown in the navigation solution. Finally, the user position is determined on an Earth centred reference system with a process denoted trilateration, by exploiting the range information computed by the receiver and the information contained in the SIS navigation message, such as satellite ephemeris [Kaplan et al., 2005]. Published 1-25 2A. Fisica dell'alta atmosfera N/A or not JCR
author2 Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
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Hunstad, Ingrid
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title Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica
title_short Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica
title_full Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica
title_fullStr Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica
title_full_unstemmed Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica
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Kaplan E. and Hegarty C., (2005). Understanding GPS: principles and applications. Artech house. Shanmugam S., Jones J., MacAulay A. and Van Dierendonck A.J., (2012). Evolution to modernized GNSS ionoshperic scintillation and TEC monitoring. In: Proc. Position Location and Navigation Symposium (IEEE/ION PLANS), 23-26 April 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC, pp. 265-273. Van Dierendonck A.J. and Quyen H., (2001). Measuring Ionospheric Scintillation Effects from GPS Signals. In: Proc. of the 57th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, 11-13 June 2001, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 391-396. Romano V., Macelloni G., Spogli L., Brogioni M., Marinaro G. and Mitchell, C.N., (2013). Measuring GNSS ionospheric total electron content at Concordia, and application to L-band radiometers. In: Annals of Geophysics, 2013. Lo Presti L., Falletti E., Nicola M. and Troglia Gamba M., (2014). Software defined radio technology for GNSS receivers. In: Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), May 2014, pp. 314-319. Peng S. and Morton Y., (2013). A USRP2-based reconfigurable multi-constellation multi-frequency GNSS software receiver front end. In: GPS Solutions, 17(1), pp. 89-102. Curran J.T., Bavaro M., and Fortuny J., (2014). An Open-Loop Vector Receiver Architecture for GNSSBased Scintillation Monitoring. In: Proc. European Navigation Conference (ENC-GNSS), 15-17 April 2014 Rotterdam. Linty N., Romero R., Dovis F. and Alfonsi L., (2015). Benefits of GNSS software receivers for ionospheric monitoring at high latitudes. In: Proc. Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC), 18-22 May 2015, Canary Islands, pp. 1-6. Septentrio, (2015). RxTools for RxTools v1.10.5 user manual. Septentrio nv/sa, April 29, 2015. Linty N., Dovis F., Romero R., Cristodaro C., Alfonsi L. and Correia E., (2016). Monitoring ionosphere over Antarctica by means of a GNSS signal acquisition system and a software radio receiver. In: Proc. of the 2016 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Monterey, California, January 2016, pp. 549-555. Linty N., Romero R., Cristodaro C., Dovis F., Bavaro M., Curran J.T., Fortuny-Guasch J., Ward J., Lamprecht G., Riley P., Cillers P., Correia E. and Alfonsi L., (2016). Ionospheric scintillation threats to GNSS in polar regions: the DemoGRAPE case study in Antarctica. In: Proc. of the European Navigation Conference (IEEE ENC 2016), Helsinki (Finland), June 2016, pp. 1-7.
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spelling ftingv:oai:www.earth-prints.org:2122/11082 2023-05-15T14:01:37+02:00 Installation and configuration of an ionospheric scintillation monitoring station based on GNSS receivers in Antarctica Linty, Nicola Hunstad, Ingrid Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia 2016-07-23 http://hdl.handle.net/2122/11082 http://www.ingv.it/editoria/rapporti/2016/rapporto354/ en eng Rapporti Tecnici - INGV 354 /(2016) Kaplan E. and Hegarty C., (2005). Understanding GPS: principles and applications. Artech house. Shanmugam S., Jones J., MacAulay A. and Van Dierendonck A.J., (2012). Evolution to modernized GNSS ionoshperic scintillation and TEC monitoring. In: Proc. Position Location and Navigation Symposium (IEEE/ION PLANS), 23-26 April 2012, Myrtle Beach, SC, pp. 265-273. Van Dierendonck A.J. and Quyen H., (2001). Measuring Ionospheric Scintillation Effects from GPS Signals. In: Proc. of the 57th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, 11-13 June 2001, Albuquerque, NM, pp. 391-396. Romano V., Macelloni G., Spogli L., Brogioni M., Marinaro G. and Mitchell, C.N., (2013). Measuring GNSS ionospheric total electron content at Concordia, and application to L-band radiometers. In: Annals of Geophysics, 2013. Lo Presti L., Falletti E., Nicola M. and Troglia Gamba M., (2014). Software defined radio technology for GNSS receivers. In: Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), May 2014, pp. 314-319. Peng S. and Morton Y., (2013). A USRP2-based reconfigurable multi-constellation multi-frequency GNSS software receiver front end. In: GPS Solutions, 17(1), pp. 89-102. Curran J.T., Bavaro M., and Fortuny J., (2014). An Open-Loop Vector Receiver Architecture for GNSSBased Scintillation Monitoring. In: Proc. European Navigation Conference (ENC-GNSS), 15-17 April 2014 Rotterdam. Linty N., Romero R., Dovis F. and Alfonsi L., (2015). Benefits of GNSS software receivers for ionospheric monitoring at high latitudes. In: Proc. Radio Science Conference (URSI AT-RASC), 18-22 May 2015, Canary Islands, pp. 1-6. Septentrio, (2015). RxTools for RxTools v1.10.5 user manual. Septentrio nv/sa, April 29, 2015. Linty N., Dovis F., Romero R., Cristodaro C., Alfonsi L. and Correia E., (2016). Monitoring ionosphere over Antarctica by means of a GNSS signal acquisition system and a software radio receiver. In: Proc. of the 2016 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Monterey, California, January 2016, pp. 549-555. Linty N., Romero R., Cristodaro C., Dovis F., Bavaro M., Curran J.T., Fortuny-Guasch J., Ward J., Lamprecht G., Riley P., Cillers P., Correia E. and Alfonsi L., (2016). Ionospheric scintillation threats to GNSS in polar regions: the DemoGRAPE case study in Antarctica. In: Proc. of the European Navigation Conference (IEEE ENC 2016), Helsinki (Finland), June 2016, pp. 1-7. 2039-7941 http://hdl.handle.net/2122/11082 http://www.ingv.it/editoria/rapporti/2016/rapporto354/ open GNSS ionosheric monitoring 01.02. Ionosphere article 2016 ftingv 2022-07-29T06:07:18Z Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), such as the US Global Positioning System (GPS), The Russian GLONASS or the European Galileo, are space-based navigation systems. GNSSs enable a generic user located anywhere on the Earth to determine in real time his Position, Velocity and Time (PVT), by means of a Radio Frequency (RF) electro-magnetic signal, the Signal-In-Space (SIS), transmitted by a constellation of satellites orbiting around Earth. Uninterrupted Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution is determined by GNSS receivers, which continuously process the SIS from the satellites in view. GNSS receivers are part of the GNSSs ground segment. They are a suboptimal implementation of a maximum likelihood estimator of the SIS propagation time. The PNT solution is indeed based on the computation of the SIS Time Of Arrival (TOA), according to the satellite and receiver local clocks. This is achieved thanks to the presence of a different Pseudo Random Noise (PRN) spreading code in the modulated SIS broadcast by each satellite. In the GNSS receiver, the incoming signal is correlated with a local replica of signal code, obtaining the time difference information. The time difference is then transformed into a range information by multiplying it by the speed of light in the vacuum. However, since the receiver clock is not synchronized with the transmitters clock, this measure suffers of time bias, which is considered as an additional unknown in the navigation solution. Finally, the user position is determined on an Earth centred reference system with a process denoted trilateration, by exploiting the range information computed by the receiver and the information contained in the SIS navigation message, such as satellite ephemeris [Kaplan et al., 2005]. Published 1-25 2A. Fisica dell'alta atmosfera N/A or not JCR Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Earth-Prints (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)