Diagnostics of the troposphere refraction by means of the radio settings of the satellites

Author

Lutsenko, V.I. ; Lutsenko, I.V. ; Sinitsky, V.B.

Author_Institution

Usikov Inst. of Radiophys. & Electron., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov

fYear

2008

fDate

8-12 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

917

Lastpage

918

Abstract

Proposes a method of estimation of land troposphere refraction using radio setting of navigation satellites of the GPS. Presented design ratio that tie together satellite viewing angle and effective gradients of refraction coefficient in raying troposphere layer is obtained for the equivalent of an Earth radius model. The results of calculation are compared to experimental data which were obtained by satellite setting angles.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; UHF radio propagation; atmospheric techniques; ray tracing; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Earth radius model; GPS signals; Global Positioning System; navigation satellites; refraction coefficient; satellite radio signals; satellite viewing angle; troposphere layer ray tracing; troposphere refraction; Global Positioning System; Helium; IEEE catalog; Microwave technology; Organizing; Radio navigation; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite navigation systems; Terrestrial atmosphere;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Telecommunication Technology, 2008. CriMiCo 2008. 2008 18th International Crimean Conference

Conference_Location

Sevastopol, Crimea

Print_ISBN

978-966-335-166-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-966-335-169-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CRMICO.2008.4676660

Filename

4676660