AbstractModern society relies heavily on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology for applications such as satellite communication, navigation, and positioning on the ground and/or aviation in the troposphere/stratosphere. However, ionospheric scintillations can severely impact GNSS systems and their related applications. In this study, a global empirical ionospheric scintillation model is constructed with S4-index data obtained by the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (F3/C) satellites during 2007–2014 (hereafter referred to as the F3CGS4 model). This model describes the S4-index as a function of local time, day of year, dip-latitude, and solar activity using the index PF10.7. The model reproduces the F3/C S4-index observations well, and yields good agreement with ground-based reception of satellite signals. This confirms that the constructed model can be used to forecast global L-band scintillations on the ground and in the near surface atmosphere.


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    Titel :

    An empirical model of L-band scintillation S4 index constructed by using FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC data


    Beteiligte:
    Chen, Shih-Ping (Autor:in) / Bilitza, Dieter (Autor:in) / Liu, Jann-Yenq (Autor:in) / Caton, Ronald (Autor:in) / Chang, Loren C. (Autor:in) / Yeh, Wen-Hao (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 60 , 5 ; 1015-1028


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2017-05-20


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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