Analysis of the ionosphere wave-motion with GPS |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Hongping?ZhangEmail author Wenyao?Zhu Junhuan?Peng Cheng?Huang |
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Institution: | (1) Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200030 Shanghai, China;(2) Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039 Beijing, China;(3) Key Laboratory of Advanced Engineering Survey of SBSM, Tongji University, 200092 Shanghai, China |
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Abstract: | Precise vertical total electron contents (VTEC) and its time variation have been obtained by using GPS dual-frequency observations
collected by the continuously operating GPS tracking stations distributed over China. Using VTEC data, the wave-motion appearing
in the ionosphere on November 3, 2003 is monitored and analyzed when a small solar flare happened. Detailed discussion with
the VTEC and its change rate series, which are derived from the observations (data) from PRN23 satellite, indicates that the
wave-motion mainly contains two dominant frequencies and propagates almost along the meridian line toward south. Additionally,
the fluctuation of the mean VTEC has been calculated in a regional Single Layer Model (SLM) ionospheric shell in the range
of N28.0 ° – 34.0 ° and E118.0 ° – 123.0 °. The spectral analysis and the multi-resolution analysis of mean VTEC time series
show that the periods of these two components of the wave-motion at middle altitude are around 60 and 25 min separately, and
the amplitudes can be up to 1.0–2.0 TECU and 0.4–0.7 TECU respectively. Meanwhile, the relative motion between the wave-motion
and the Ionosphere Pierce Points (IPPs), which are defined as the cross points between the line-of-sight of the GPS signals
and the SLM thin shell, reveals that the traveling speeds of the two components are about 120–150 m/s and 30–40 m/s respectively. |
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Keywords: | GPS VTEC ionosphere wave-motion relative motion spectral analysis wavelet analysis |
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