Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes

Transionospheric radio signals may experience fluctuations in their amplitude and phase due to irregularity in the spatial electron density distribution, referred to as scintillation. Ionospheric scintillation is responsible for transionospheric signal degradation that can affect the performance of...

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Published in:Advances in Space Research
Main Authors: Forte, B., Materassi, M., Alfonsi, Lu., Romano, V., De Franceschi, G., Spalla, P.
Other Authors: Forte, B.; Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Materassi, M.; Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy, Alfonsi, Lu.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Romano, V.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, De Franceschi, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Spalla, P.; Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy, Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011
Subjects:
Scintillation
GPS monitors
Auroral latitudes
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.07. Scintillations
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.03. Inverse methods
Alta
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GPS monitors
Auroral latitudes
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.07. Scintillations
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spellingShingle Scintillation
GPS monitors
Auroral latitudes
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.07. Scintillations
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.03. Inverse methods
Forte, B.
Materassi, M.
Alfonsi, Lu.
Romano, V.
De Franceschi, G.
Spalla, P.
Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
topic_facet Scintillation
GPS monitors
Auroral latitudes
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.07. Scintillations
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.03. Inverse methods
description Transionospheric radio signals may experience fluctuations in their amplitude and phase due to irregularity in the spatial electron density distribution, referred to as scintillation. Ionospheric scintillation is responsible for transionospheric signal degradation that can affect the performance of satellite based navigation systems. Usually, the scintillation activity is measured by means of indices such as the normalised standard deviation of the received intensity S4 and the standard deviation of the received phase r/ typically calculated over 1 min of data. Data from a GPS scintillation monitor based on 50 Hz measurements recorded at Dirigibile Italia Station (Ny-Alesund, Svalbard), in the frame of the ISACCO project (De Franceschi et al., 2006) are used to investigate possible adoption of an alternative parameter for the estimate of phase fluctuations: i.e., the standard deviation of the phase rate of change S/. This parameter is shown to better correlate with S4 being much less detrending dependent than r/. The couple (S4, S/) should be then considered a more physical proxy of radio scintillation than the couple (S4, r/). Published 2188–2193 1.7. Osservazioni di alta e media atmosfera 3.9. Fisica della magnetosfera, ionosfera e meteorologia spaziale JCR Journal restricted
author2 Forte, B.; Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Materassi, M.; Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Alfonsi, Lu.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
Romano, V.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
De Franceschi, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
Spalla, P.; Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Forte, B.
Materassi, M.
Alfonsi, Lu.
Romano, V.
De Franceschi, G.
Spalla, P.
author_facet Forte, B.
Materassi, M.
Alfonsi, Lu.
Romano, V.
De Franceschi, G.
Spalla, P.
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title Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
title_short Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
title_full Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
title_fullStr Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
title_full_unstemmed Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
title_sort optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes
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Aarons, J. Global morphology of ionospheric scintillations. Proc. IEEE 70 (4), 360–378, 1982. Briggs, B.G., Parkin, I.A. On the variation of radio star and satellite scintillations with zenith angle. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 25, 339–365, 1963. De Franceschi, G., Alfonsi, L., Romano, V. ISACCO: an Italian project to monitor the high latitudes ionosphere by means of GPS receivers. GPS Sol. 10 (4), 263–267, doi:10.1007/s10291-006-0036-6, 2006. De Franceschi, G., Alfonsi, L., Romano, V., Aquino, M., Dodson, A., Mitchell, C.N., Spencer, P., Wernik, A.W. Dynamics of high latitude patches and associated small scale irregularities during the October and November 2003 storms. J. Atmos. Sol-Terr. Phys. 70, 879–888, 2008. Forte, B., Radicella, S.M. Problems in data treatment for ionospheric scintillation measurements. Radio Sci. 37 (6), 1096, doi:1029/ 2001RS002508, 2002. Forte, B. Optimum detrending of raw GPS data for scintillation measurements at auroral latitudes. J. Atmos. Sol-Terr. Phys. 67, 1100–1109, 2005. Forte, B. On the relationship between the geometrical control of scintillation indices and the data detrending problems observed at high latitudes. Ann. Geophys. 50 (6), 699–706, 2007. Mitchell, C.N., Alfonsi, L., De ranceschi, G.F., Lester, M., Romano, V., Wernik, A.W. GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October 2003 storm. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L12S03, doi:10.1029/2004GL021644, 2005. Romano, V., Pau, S., Pezzopane, M., Zuccheretti, E., Zolesi, B., De Franceschi, G., Locatelli, S. The electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere (eSWua) project at INGV: advancements and state of the art. Ann. Geophys. 26, 345–351, 2008. Van Dierendonck, A.J., Klobuchar, J.A., Hua, Q. Ionospheric scintillation monitoring using single frequency C/A code receivers. ION GPS, 1993. Yeh, C.K., Liu, C.H. Radio wave scintillations in the ionosphere. Proc. IEEE 70 (4), 324–360, 1982.
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spelling ftingv:oai:www.earth-prints.org:2122/7022 2023-05-15T18:29:50+02:00 Optimum parameter for estimating phase fluctuations on transionospheric signals at high latitudes Forte, B. Materassi, M. Alfonsi, Lu. Romano, V. De Franceschi, G. Spalla, P. Forte, B.; Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia Materassi, M.; Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Alfonsi, Lu.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Romano, V.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia De Franceschi, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Spalla, P.; Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, SI-5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy 2011-06-15 http://hdl.handle.net/2122/7022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.033 en eng Elsevier Advances in Space Research 12/47(2011) Aarons, J. Global morphology of ionospheric scintillations. Proc. IEEE 70 (4), 360–378, 1982. Briggs, B.G., Parkin, I.A. On the variation of radio star and satellite scintillations with zenith angle. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 25, 339–365, 1963. De Franceschi, G., Alfonsi, L., Romano, V. ISACCO: an Italian project to monitor the high latitudes ionosphere by means of GPS receivers. GPS Sol. 10 (4), 263–267, doi:10.1007/s10291-006-0036-6, 2006. De Franceschi, G., Alfonsi, L., Romano, V., Aquino, M., Dodson, A., Mitchell, C.N., Spencer, P., Wernik, A.W. Dynamics of high latitude patches and associated small scale irregularities during the October and November 2003 storms. J. Atmos. Sol-Terr. Phys. 70, 879–888, 2008. Forte, B., Radicella, S.M. Problems in data treatment for ionospheric scintillation measurements. Radio Sci. 37 (6), 1096, doi:1029/ 2001RS002508, 2002. Forte, B. Optimum detrending of raw GPS data for scintillation measurements at auroral latitudes. J. Atmos. Sol-Terr. Phys. 67, 1100–1109, 2005. Forte, B. On the relationship between the geometrical control of scintillation indices and the data detrending problems observed at high latitudes. Ann. Geophys. 50 (6), 699–706, 2007. Mitchell, C.N., Alfonsi, L., De ranceschi, G.F., Lester, M., Romano, V., Wernik, A.W. GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October 2003 storm. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L12S03, doi:10.1029/2004GL021644, 2005. Romano, V., Pau, S., Pezzopane, M., Zuccheretti, E., Zolesi, B., De Franceschi, G., Locatelli, S. The electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere (eSWua) project at INGV: advancements and state of the art. Ann. Geophys. 26, 345–351, 2008. Van Dierendonck, A.J., Klobuchar, J.A., Hua, Q. Ionospheric scintillation monitoring using single frequency C/A code receivers. ION GPS, 1993. Yeh, C.K., Liu, C.H. Radio wave scintillations in the ionosphere. Proc. IEEE 70 (4), 324–360, 1982. http://hdl.handle.net/2122/7022 doi:10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.033 restricted Scintillation GPS monitors Auroral latitudes 01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics 01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.07. Scintillations 05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.03. Inverse methods article 2011 ftingv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.033 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-006-0036-6 2022-07-29T06:05:58Z Transionospheric radio signals may experience fluctuations in their amplitude and phase due to irregularity in the spatial electron density distribution, referred to as scintillation. Ionospheric scintillation is responsible for transionospheric signal degradation that can affect the performance of satellite based navigation systems. Usually, the scintillation activity is measured by means of indices such as the normalised standard deviation of the received intensity S4 and the standard deviation of the received phase r/ typically calculated over 1 min of data. Data from a GPS scintillation monitor based on 50 Hz measurements recorded at Dirigibile Italia Station (Ny-Alesund, Svalbard), in the frame of the ISACCO project (De Franceschi et al., 2006) are used to investigate possible adoption of an alternative parameter for the estimate of phase fluctuations: i.e., the standard deviation of the phase rate of change S/. This parameter is shown to better correlate with S4 being much less detrending dependent than r/. The couple (S4, S/) should be then considered a more physical proxy of radio scintillation than the couple (S4, r/). Published 2188–2193 1.7. Osservazioni di alta e media atmosfera 3.9. Fisica della magnetosfera, ionosfera e meteorologia spaziale JCR Journal restricted Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard Earth-Prints (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) Alta Svalbard Advances in Space Research 47 12 2188 2193

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