Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment
Multi-channel Global Position System (GPS) carrier phase signals received by the FormoSat-3 (FS3)/COSMIC program's six low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites were used to undertake active limb sounding of the Earth¡¦s atmosphere and ionosphere via radio occultation (RO). In this study, the effects...
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doaj-dac4cc81418a4d67b74e4a53228a479a2020-11-24T22:26:29ZengChinese Geoscience UnionTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences1017-08392311-76802009-01-0120118110.3319/TAO.2007.12.19.01(F3C)822Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period ExperimentLung-Chih TsaiChao-Han LiuTung-Yuan HsiaoMulti-channel Global Position System (GPS) carrier phase signals received by the FormoSat-3 (FS3)/COSMIC program's six low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites were used to undertake active limb sounding of the Earth¡¦s atmosphere and ionosphere via radio occultation (RO). In this study, the effects of large-scale horizontal gradients and/or inhomogeneous ionospheric electron densities (ne) were considered by developing an iterative scheme to determine "compensated" total electron content (TEC) values through nearby occultation observations. Using an iterative Abel inversion through "compensated" TEC values, more than one-hundred and eighty thousand vertical ionospheric ne profiles were collected during the intense observation period (IOP) of 20 June - 27 September (day number 171 to 270) 2006. Coincidences of GPS RO observations to ionospheric ne ionosonde data from forty-nine worldwide stations have been examined. It is found that the iterative scheme gives improved retrievals over the standard Abel inversion. From several thousand matches within the IOP experiment, the root mean square (rms) foF2 differences between the ionosonde measurements and the FS3/COSMIC retrievals are improved from 1.67 to 1.07 MHz. The results also show improvement in the overestimates (underestimates) on low (high) retrieved foF2s, while the obtained hmF2s give better agreement with ionosonde observations. http://tao.cgu.org.tw/images/attachments/v201p181.pdf FormoSat-3/COSMICIonosphereRadio occultationElectron densityAbel inversionTotal electron content (TEC) |
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Lung-Chih Tsai Chao-Han Liu Tung-Yuan Hsiao Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences FormoSat-3/COSMIC Ionosphere Radio occultation Electron density Abel inversion Total electron content (TEC) |
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Lung-Chih Tsai Chao-Han Liu Tung-Yuan Hsiao |
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Lung-Chih Tsai |
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Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment |
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Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment |
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Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment |
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Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment |
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Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment |
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profiling of ionospheric electron density based on formosat-3/cosmic data: results from the intense observation period experiment |
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Chinese Geoscience Union |
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Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences |
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1017-0839 2311-7680 |
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2009-01-01 |
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Multi-channel Global Position System (GPS) carrier phase signals received by the FormoSat-3 (FS3)/COSMIC program's six low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites were used to undertake active limb sounding of the Earth¡¦s atmosphere and ionosphere via radio occultation (RO). In this study, the effects of large-scale horizontal gradients and/or inhomogeneous ionospheric electron densities (ne) were considered by developing an iterative scheme to determine "compensated" total electron content (TEC) values through nearby occultation observations. Using an iterative Abel inversion through "compensated" TEC values, more than one-hundred and eighty thousand vertical ionospheric ne profiles were collected during the intense observation period (IOP) of 20 June - 27 September (day number 171 to 270) 2006. Coincidences of GPS RO observations to ionospheric ne ionosonde data from forty-nine worldwide stations have been examined. It is found that the iterative scheme gives improved retrievals over the standard Abel inversion. From several thousand matches within the IOP experiment, the root mean square (rms) foF2 differences between the ionosonde measurements and the FS3/COSMIC retrievals are improved from 1.67 to 1.07 MHz. The results also show improvement in the overestimates (underestimates) on low (high) retrieved foF2s, while the obtained hmF2s give better agreement with ionosonde observations. |
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FormoSat-3/COSMIC Ionosphere Radio occultation Electron density Abel inversion Total electron content (TEC) |
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