Using tomography of GPS TEC to routinely determine ionospheric average electron density profiles

2007 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Yizengaw ◽  
M.B. Moldwin ◽  
P.L. Dyson ◽  
E.A. Essex
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Gps Tec ◽  
Average Electron Density ◽  
Average Electron ◽  
Electron Density Profiles

DIURNAL AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN D-REGION ELECTRON DENSITIES DERIVED FROM OBSERVATIONS OF CROSS MODULATION

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Barrington ◽  
E. V. Thrane ◽  
B. Bjelland
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Average Density ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Lyman Alpha ◽  
Cross Modulation ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
D Region ◽  
Average Electron ◽  
Electron Density Profiles

Pulsed cross modulation, arising in the region from 60 to 80 km, has been observed during undisturbed days in the spring, summer, and fall of 1960. The manner in which these observations were obtained and the uncertainties associated with the electron-density profiles determined from them are discussed.Average electron-density profiles for each hour of quiet spring days have been deduced. These show that the most rapid changes in electron density occur within one hour of ground sunrise and sunset. Around sunrise a rather uniform layer of about 100 electrons/cc is created almost simultaneously throughout the entire region from 60 to 80 km. As the day progresses, the average electron density between 70 and 80 km changes by a factor of about 10, while the average density between 60 and 70 km changes by only a factor of 2.These features of the D region are discussed in the light of theoretical predictions which assume that cosmic rays and solar Lyman-alpha radiation account for the normal ionization in this region.

scholarly journals Vertical electron density and topside effective scale height (<I>H</I><sub>T</sub>) variations over the Indian equatorial and low latitude stations

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1861-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Venkatesh ◽  
P. V. S. Rama Rao ◽  
P. L. Saranya ◽  
D. S. V. V. D. Prasad ◽  
K. Niranjan
Keyword(s):  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Electron Density ◽  
Scale Height ◽  
Electron Content ◽  
Iri Model ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Gps Tec ◽  
Electron Density Profiles

Abstract. Understanding the vertical electron density profile, which is the altitudinal variation of ionospheric electron density distribution is an important aspect for the ionospheric investigations. In this paper, the bottom-side electron density profiles derived from ground based ionosonde data and the ROCSAT-1 in-situ electron density data were used to determine the estimates of the topside electron density profiles using α-Chapman function over an equatorial station Trivandrum (8.47° N, 76.91° E) and a low latitude station Waltair (17.7° N, 83.3° E) in the Indian region. The reconstructed electron density profiles are compared with IRI (2007) model derived vertical electron density profiles which resulted in significant deviations between the two different profiles. Both the reconstructed electron density profiles and the IRI model derived profiles are integrated independently to derive the Total Electron Content (TEC) values which are compared with GPS derived TEC values. TEC values derived from the reconstructed electron density profiles give better estimates with the GPS-TEC compared to those of IRI model derived TEC values. Compared to the GPS-TEC, the IRI model is underestimating the TEC values during day-time and is overestimating during night-time at both the stations. The percentage deviations of IRI derived TEC from GPS-TEC are larger compared to those between reconstructed profile derived TEC and GPS-TEC. F2-layer peak electron density, peak height and electron density at ROCSAT altitudes (≈600 km) are used to derive the effective scale heights (HT) of the topside ionosphere during the period from July 2003 to June 2004. The diurnal and seasonal variations of HT and E×B drift velocities are presented in this paper. The diurnal variation of the effective scale height (HT) shows peak values around noon hours with higher values during day-time and lower values during night-time both at Trivandrum and Waltair. The E×B drift velocities at both the places also have shown a clear diurnal variation with a negative peak around 04:00 LT and maximum during day-time hours. The higher and lower values of HT seem to be associated with positive and negative phases of the E×B drift velocities, respectively.

Electron density profiles above the F-layer

1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1581-1586
Author(s):  
Michael Anastassiadis ◽  
Georges Moraitis ◽  
Dimitris Matsoukas
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Electron Density Profiles
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