WTEC: A new index to estimate the intensity of ionospheric disturbances
S.V. Voeykov, A.S. Yasyukevich, I.K. Edemskiy and 2 more
Results in Physics · 2018
doi:10.1016/j.rinp.2018.11.023 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
We propose a new index, WTEC, to estimate the level of ionospheric disturbances from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) data. The index is calculated based on dual-frequency phase measurements from single GNSS receiver. An index value exhibits the average intensity of the total electron content (TEC) variations over specified periods in the restricted area above a single GNSS receiver and reflects, mainly, the level of Wave activity in TEC (WTEC). The index has been shown to well detect the ionospheric disturbances of different origin and can be used as an efficient indicator for the ionospheric state. We believe that the proposed index has a great potential for ionospheric research: from studying isolated events at a local point to analyzing long data series and creating global maps of ionospheric disturbances. Keywords: Ionosphere, TEC, Ionospheric disturbance index, GNSS
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC
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