GNU Radio Beacon Receiver (GRBR) observations of large-scale wave structure (LSWS) and equatorial spread F (ESF)

Author

Thampi, Smitha V. ; Yamamoto, M. ; Tsunoda, R.T. ; Jose, Lijo ; Pant, T.K.

Author_Institution

Space Phys. Lab., VSSC, Trivandrum, India

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

“GNU Radio Beacon Receiver (GRBR) is a new digital receiver based on GNU Radio and USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripheral) [Yamamoto, 2008]. In this paper, the GRBR observations of large-scale wave structure (LSWS) and the subsequent development of equatorial spread F (ESF) using total electron content (TEC) derived from the ground based reception of signals from the radio beacon on board C/NOFS (Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System) satellite are presented. The other evidences of LSWS include the `satellite traces´ observed in ionograms. These observations show that LSWS appears to play an important role in the development of ESF.

Keywords

F-region; atmospheric structure; ionospheric measuring apparatus; C-NOFS satellite; Communications-Navigation Outage Forecasting System; GNU radio beacon receiver; GRBR observations; TEC; Universal Software Radio Peripheral; equatorial spread F; large-scale wave structure; total electron content; Extraterrestrial measurements; Modulation; Orbits; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Software radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050903

Filename

6050903