Comparison of COSMIC radio occultation Eelectron density measurements over Europe with ionosonde and incoherent scatter radar data

Author

Cherniak, Iu V. ; Zakharenkova, I.E. ; Shagimuratov, I.I. ; Krankowski, A.

Author_Institution

West Dept., IZMIRAN, Kaliningrad, Iran

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 occultation mission providing essential information about height electron density distribution in ionosphere. It is important to verify occultation profiles with other techniques and to obtain experience in the reliability of their derivation. For comparison we used the measurements provided by DIAS ionosonde network and midlatitude Kharkov incoherent scatter radar. The comparison indicates that usually COSMIC RO profiles are in a good agreement with ionosonde in F2 layer peak electron density and with IS radars profiles both in the F2 layer peak electron density and the shape of profiles.

Keywords

F-region; atmospheric structure; ionospheric measuring apparatus; occultations; remote sensing by radar; COSMIC RO profiles; COSMIC radio occultation; COSMIC-FORMOSAT-3 occultation mission; DIAS ionosonde network; Europe; F2 layer; IS radars profiles; Kharkov incoherent scatter radar; electron density distribution; electron density measurements; occultation profiles; peak electron density; Density measurement; Geophysical measurements; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Spaceborne radar; Temperature measurement;

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.2011.6050957

Filename

6050957