Variability of total electron content in the high-latitude ionosphere following solar maximum. Final report, 27 August 1992-26 November 1994
A data archive of Total Electron Content CIEC data was developed through operation and maintenance of GPS satellite receiver equipment at Shemya, AK; Hanscom AFB, MA; Thule AB, Greenland; Tucuman, Argentina; and Agua Verde, Chile. Scintillation data can be extracted from much of this database. The Shemya, AK, data provide a valuable source for characterizing TEC morphology and variability with look direction at this site. The Shemya data were also used in an initial assessment of the seasonal and directional specification accuracy of the Bent ionospheric model, specific to this site. Analysis of an existing NWRA database has produced ionospheric trough boundary signatures in the sub auroral European sector. These signatures will support studies aimed at real time detection of the trough boundary. Innovative software techniques were developed to improve data quality in the areas of multipath integration (the Multipath Template Technique) and the automated calibration of an installed receiver system for the combination of all system components` contributions to pseudorange error (SCORE:: Self-Calibration Of pseudoRange Errors).
- Research Organization:
- Northwest Research Associates, Inc., Bellevue, WA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 256527
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A--304739/6/XAB; NWRA-CR--95-R134; CNN: Contract F19628-92-C-0162
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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