Total Electron Content (TEC) is a key variable to measure the ionospheric characteristics and disturbances. The Global Positioning System (GPS) can be used for TEC estimation making use of the recorded signals at the GPS receiver. Reg-Est method that is developed by F. Arikan, C. B. Erol and 0. Arikan can be used to estimate high resolution, robust TEC values combining GPS measurements of 30 s resolution obtained from the satellites which are above the 10 ° elevation limit. Using this method, it is possible to estimate TEC values for a whole day or a desired time period both for quiet and disturbed days of the ionosphere. Reg-Est provides robust TEC estimates for high-latitude, mid-latitude and equatorial stations. In this study, some important parameters of Reg-Est such as ionospheric thin shell height, weighting function and receiver-satellite biases are investigated. By incorporating the results of the investigation, Reg-Est algorithm is developed into IONOLAB method. Thin shell model height is an important parameter for Single Layer Ionosphere Model (SLIM). In this study, it is shown that IONOLAB provides reliable and robust TEC estimates independent of the choice of the maximum ionization height independent of the choice of the maximum of the ionization height. Signals from the low elevation satellites are prone to multipath effects. In order to reduce the distortion due to multipath signals, the optimum weighting function is implemented in IONOLAB, minimizing the non-ionospheric noise effects. GPS receivers record both pseudorange and phase data of signals.


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    Title :

    GPS/TEC Estimation with IONOLAB Method


    Contributors:
    Nayir, H. (author) / Arikan, F. (author) / Arikan, O. (author) / Erol, C. B. (author)


    Publication date :

    2007-06-01


    Size :

    5550654 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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