Highlights Systematic validation of the CSES RO measurements using ground-based observations. Discovery of different error variation patterns at and near EIA crest regions. First statistical validation results for RO EDP measurements using ISR observations.
Abstract The radio occultation (RO) measurements obtained by GOR payload on board the CSES (the first China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) satellite are validated using the observations from five ionosonde stations located at different latitudes and one incoherent scatter radar (ISR) observatory located at mid-latitude. CSES RO peak values (NmF2) and peak heights (hmF2) are compared with the corresponding measurements from the five ionosonde stations, and RO electron density profiles (EDP) are compared with the corresponding ISR measurements. The results show that: (1) CSES RO NmF2 measurements are generally very consistent with that from ionosondes with a correlation coefficient of 0.9448. Obvious underestimation and overestimation are shown for the daytime NmF2 measurements obtained at and near EIA (Equatorial Ionization Anomaly) crest regions, and different error variation patterns are shown: the error at the EIA peak region increases with increase of the observations, while the error at the region near the EIA crest is almost a constant. Attention should be paid to these daytime measurements obtained at and near EIA region in applications. (2) CSES RO hmF2 measurements are in good agreement with that from ionosondes with a correlation coefficient of 0.8357. There is a tendency the daytime hmF2s are overestimated and the nighttime hmF2s are underestimated. (3) CSES RO EDP measurements generally show good consistency with that from ISR measurements. The RO measurements obtained within the peak height range (200–400 km) have the best performance, but errors increase out of this altitudes range. The error for the altitude of the E layer is relatively large, therefore RO measurements are less reliable for this altitude.
Validation of CSES RO measurements using ionosonde and ISR observations
Advances in Space Research ; 66 , 10 ; 2275-2288
2020-08-21
14 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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