GPS Application to Global Ionospheric Monitoring: Requirements for a Ground-Based System

Gregory Bishop, David S. Coca, Clayton Coker, Edward J. Fremouw, James A. Secan, Richard L. Greenspan and Daniel O. Eyring

Abstract:	A new ground-based global monitor network, the Trans- Ionospheric Sensing System, (TISS) now in development for Air Weather Service, will use GPS signals to measure ionospheric effects. TISS will measure ionospheric total electron content and scintillation (rapid changes in signal strength and phase) and provide near-real-time reports to the new Air Force Space Forecast Center (AFSFC), at Falcon AFB CO. AFSFC, in turn, will provide iono- spheric specification and forecast products to AF surveil- lance, communication and other users. This paper will provide an overview of some key tech- nical goals and issues in the development of such a monitor system. Interpretation and application of the ionospheric measurements will be discussed, as well as some potential enhancements to this new monitoring capability.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 5th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1992) September 16 - 18, 1992 Albuquerque, NM
Pages:	339 - 353
Cite this article:	Bishop, Gregory, Coca, David S., Coker, Clayton, Fremouw, Edward J., Secan, James A., Greenspan, Richard L., Eyring, Daniel O., "GPS Application to Global Ionospheric Monitoring: Requirements for a Ground-Based System," Proceedings of the 5th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1992), Albuquerque, NM, September 1992, pp. 339-353.
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