A new procedure for obtaining vertical total electron content from two frequency LEOS beacons

作者：Shatskiy Dmitry^*; Kagan Ludmila M; MacDougall John W

来源：Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2014, 113: 23-28.

DOI：10.1016/j.jastp.2014.03.002

• Low earth orbiting satellite
• Total electron content
• Traveling ionospheric disturbances
• GNU
• Radio

A new procedure is suggested for obtaining VTEC from slant TEC two frequency measurements. To verify the procedure an inexpensive portable digital receiver was used to measure ionospheric total electron content (TEC). Experimental results agree well with the data from a nearby ionosonde and the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) model. Orientations of traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) present in the area at the time of the recording were obtained from the small-scale variations of TEC in a two-station configuration. The results are consistent with the diurnal TID pattern.

• 出版日期2014-6