GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions
In recent years, several groups have installed high-frequency sampling receivers in the southern middle and high latitude regions, to monitor ionospheric scintillations and the total electron content (TEC) changes. Taking advantage of the archive of continuous and systematic observations of the iono...
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ftulancaster:oai:eprints.lancs.ac.uk:75804 2023-08-27T04:04:14+02:00 GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions Spogli, Luca Alfonsi, Lucilla Cilliers, Pierre J. Correia, Emilia De Franceschi, Giorgiana Mitchell, Cathryn N. Romano, Vincenzo Kinrade, Joe Angel Cabrera, Miguel 2013 https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/75804/ https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-6240 unknown Spogli, Luca and Alfonsi, Lucilla and Cilliers, Pierre J. and Correia, Emilia and De Franceschi, Giorgiana and Mitchell, Cathryn N. and Romano, Vincenzo and Kinrade, Joe and Angel Cabrera, Miguel (2013) GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions. Annals of Geophysics, 56 (2). ISSN 1593-5213 Journal Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftulancaster https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-6240 2023-08-03T22:28:09Z In recent years, several groups have installed high-frequency sampling receivers in the southern middle and high latitude regions, to monitor ionospheric scintillations and the total electron content (TEC) changes. Taking advantage of the archive of continuous and systematic observations of the ionosphere on L-band by means of signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS), we present the first attempt at ionospheric scintillation and TEC mapping from Latin America to Antarctica. The climatology of the area considered is derived through Ground-Based Scintillation Climatology, a method that can identify ionospheric sectors in which scintillations are more likely to occur. This study also introduces the novel ionospheric scintillation 'hot-spot' analysis. This analysis first identifies the crucial areas of the ionosphere in terms of enhanced probability of scintillation occurrence, and then it studies the seasonal variation of the main scintillation and TEC-related parameters. The results produced by this sophisticated analysis give significant indications of the spatial/ temporal recurrences of plasma irregularities, which contributes to the extending of current knowledge of the mechanisms that cause scintillations, and consequently to the development of efficient tools to forecast space-weather-related ionospheric events. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Lancaster University: Lancaster Eprints Annals of Geophysics 56 2 |
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In recent years, several groups have installed high-frequency sampling receivers in the southern middle and high latitude regions, to monitor ionospheric scintillations and the total electron content (TEC) changes. Taking advantage of the archive of continuous and systematic observations of the ionosphere on L-band by means of signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS), we present the first attempt at ionospheric scintillation and TEC mapping from Latin America to Antarctica. The climatology of the area considered is derived through Ground-Based Scintillation Climatology, a method that can identify ionospheric sectors in which scintillations are more likely to occur. This study also introduces the novel ionospheric scintillation 'hot-spot' analysis. This analysis first identifies the crucial areas of the ionosphere in terms of enhanced probability of scintillation occurrence, and then it studies the seasonal variation of the main scintillation and TEC-related parameters. The results produced by this sophisticated analysis give significant indications of the spatial/ temporal recurrences of plasma irregularities, which contributes to the extending of current knowledge of the mechanisms that cause scintillations, and consequently to the development of efficient tools to forecast space-weather-related ionospheric events. |
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Spogli, Luca Alfonsi, Lucilla Cilliers, Pierre J. Correia, Emilia De Franceschi, Giorgiana Mitchell, Cathryn N. Romano, Vincenzo Kinrade, Joe Angel Cabrera, Miguel GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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Spogli, Luca Alfonsi, Lucilla Cilliers, Pierre J. Correia, Emilia De Franceschi, Giorgiana Mitchell, Cathryn N. Romano, Vincenzo Kinrade, Joe Angel Cabrera, Miguel |
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GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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gps scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions |
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Spogli, Luca and Alfonsi, Lucilla and Cilliers, Pierre J. and Correia, Emilia and De Franceschi, Giorgiana and Mitchell, Cathryn N. and Romano, Vincenzo and Kinrade, Joe and Angel Cabrera, Miguel (2013) GPS scintillations and total electron content climatology in the southern low, middle and high latitude regions. Annals of Geophysics, 56 (2). ISSN 1593-5213 |
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