A Versatile GPS Ionospheric Monitor: High Latitude Measurements of TEC and Scintillation

James R. Clynch, David S. Coco, Clayton Coker, Gregory J. Bishop

Abstract:	A GPS ionospheric monitor (ARL:UT Ionospheric Monitoring System - AlMS) has been developed to simultaneously measure the total electron content, phase, and amplitude scintillation parameters along four lines-of-sight. This system uses a Tl 4100 receiver with specially designed software and bandwidths to collect data at user selected data rates. The system has been calibrated to determine the noise of the various parameters contributed by the receiving system. In addition, the satellite transmission biases were determined and compared to pre-­launch values. This system has been deployed several times over the past two years in Sondrestrom and Thule, Greenland, to monitor ionospheric conditions in polar cap and auroral regions. Examples of ionospheric parameters measured under disturbed and benign conditions will be presented and discussed.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1989) September 27 - 29, 1989 The Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Spring, CO
Pages:	445 - 450
Cite this article:	Clynch, James R., Coco, David S., Coker, Clayton, Bishop, Gregory J., "A Versatile GPS Ionospheric Monitor: High Latitude Measurements of TEC and Scintillation," Proceedings of the 2nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1989), Colorado Spring, CO, September 1989, pp. 445-450.
Full Paper:	ION Members/Non-Members: 1 Download Credit Sign In