Equatorial scintillation predictions from C/NOFS Planar Langmuir Probe electron density fluctuation data

Author

Costa, Ernesto ; Roddy, Patrick ; Wiens, Kyle ; Valladares, Cesar

Author_Institution

Centro de Estudos de Telecomun., Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The present contribution will apply a phase-screen and weak-scattering scintillation algorithms to in situ data from the Planar Langmuir Probe onboard the It uses a properly scaled version of electron density fluctuations directly measured by the PLP on board the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System satellite to predict value of the scintillation index S₄. The results from the models will be compared with measurements performed by the 244-MHz SCINDA receivers located at Ancon, Peru (11.8°S, 77.2°W).

Keywords

Langmuir probes; electron density; ionosphere; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Ancon; C-NOFS Planar Langmuir Probe electron density fluctuation data; Communication-Navigation Outage Forecasting System satellite; PLP; Peru; Planar Langmuir Probe in situ data; SCINDA receiver measurement; electron density fluctuation properly scaled version; equatorial scintillation prediction; phase-screen scintillation algorithm; scintillation index prediction value; weak-scattering scintillation algorithm; Data models; Density measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fluctuations; Mathematical model; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929723

Filename

6929723