The advent of satellite-based augmentation systems has made it possible to navigate aircraft safely using radio signals emitted by global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning System. As a signal propagates through the earth's ionosphere, it suffers delay that is proportional to the total electron content encountered along the raypath. Since the magnitude of this total electron content is strongly influenced by space weather, the safety and reliability of GNSS for airline navigation requires continual monitoring of the state of the ionosphere and calibration of ionospheric delay. This paper examines the impact of space weather on GNSS-based navigation and provides an overview of how the Wide Area Augmentation System protects its users from positioning error due to ionospheric disturbances


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    Title :

    Addressing the Influence of Space Weather on Airline Navigation


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    Conference:

    6th Annual Guidance and Control Conference ; 2012 ; Breckenridge, CO, United States


    Publication date :

    2012-02-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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