The Use of GPS/MET Data for Ionospheric Studies

Abstract

The primary scientific objective of this research is to develop GPS radio occultation inversion techniques that compute accurate ionospheric electron density profiles (even in the presence of horizontal inhomogeneities), and thus provide a key parameter of the local ionospheric state. Another important objective is to estimate the profiling accuracy of each developed technique. A final objective is to investigate the feasibility of locating regions of scintillation in the ionosphere with space-based GPS data. It is clear that developing fast and efficient algorithms is an underlying objective here and will be necessary for performing accurate space weather prediction in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA549874

Entities

People

  • Christian Rocken
  • Sergey Sokolovskiy

Organizations

  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Altitude
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Processing
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Ground Based
  • Ionosondes
  • Ionosphere
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Radio Communications
  • Software Development
  • Space Based
  • Space Weather
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space