GPS-derived total electron content response for the Bastille Day magnetic storm of 2000 at a low mid-latitude station

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Main Author: E. A. Araujo-Pradere
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Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2005
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contents GPS-derived total electron content response for the Bastille Day magnetic storm of 2000 at a low mid-latitude station E. A. Araujo-Pradere Ciencias de la Tierra TEC GPS Ionosphere magnetic storms First steps toward the development of a vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) storm-time correction empirical ionosphericmodel, equivalent to the STORM model for the peak concentration of the F2 region (Araujo-Pradere and Fuller-Rowell,2002, Araujo-Pradere et al., 2002), are currently in progress in the NOAA’s Space Environment Center (SEC). The program toobtain VTEC, the SEC’s Win TEC Project (Anghel and Codrescu, 2002), use the RINEX (Receiver Independent Exchange format)files to derive the vertical TEC from the delay of the Global Position System (GPS) signals.With a maximum Dst of –287.6 (maximum ap = 400), the storm of July 2000, known as the Bastille Day storm, has been oneof the most intense perturbations in the present solar cycle. The response of the TEC at a low mid-latitude station, as obtained fromthe delay in code and phase of the GPS signals, is analyzed for this storm. The vertical TEC at ccv3 (Cape Canaveral, Florida,latitude 28.46 N, longitude 279.45 E) suffered a sudden increase, over 250% with respect to quiet conditions, for the first day ofthe storm, followed by a sharp negative gradient, and a slow recovery. The picture is further complicated by the presence of verysteep gradients, responsible for the degradation of the GPS positioning accuracy. 2005 artículo científico 0016-7169 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56844208 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=568 Geofísica Internacional application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Geofísica Internacional (México) Num.2 Vol.44
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spellingShingle GPS-derived total electron content response for the Bastille Day magnetic storm of 2000 at a low mid-latitude station
E. A. Araujo-Pradere
Ciencias de la Tierra
TEC
GPS
Ionosphere
magnetic storms
GPS-derived total electron content response for the Bastille Day magnetic storm of 2000 at a low mid-latitude station E. A. Araujo-Pradere Ciencias de la Tierra TEC GPS Ionosphere magnetic storms First steps toward the development of a vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) storm-time correction empirical ionosphericmodel, equivalent to the STORM model for the peak concentration of the F2 region (Araujo-Pradere and Fuller-Rowell,2002, Araujo-Pradere et al., 2002), are currently in progress in the NOAA’s Space Environment Center (SEC). The program toobtain VTEC, the SEC’s Win TEC Project (Anghel and Codrescu, 2002), use the RINEX (Receiver Independent Exchange format)files to derive the vertical TEC from the delay of the Global Position System (GPS) signals.With a maximum Dst of –287.6 (maximum ap = 400), the storm of July 2000, known as the Bastille Day storm, has been oneof the most intense perturbations in the present solar cycle. The response of the TEC at a low mid-latitude station, as obtained fromthe delay in code and phase of the GPS signals, is analyzed for this storm. The vertical TEC at ccv3 (Cape Canaveral, Florida,latitude 28.46 N, longitude 279.45 E) suffered a sudden increase, over 250% with respect to quiet conditions, for the first day ofthe storm, followed by a sharp negative gradient, and a slow recovery. The picture is further complicated by the presence of verysteep gradients, responsible for the degradation of the GPS positioning accuracy. 2005 artículo científico 0016-7169 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56844208 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=568 Geofísica Internacional application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Geofísica Internacional (México) Num.2 Vol.44
title GPS-derived total electron content response for the Bastille Day magnetic storm of 2000 at a low mid-latitude station
topic Ciencias de la Tierra
TEC
GPS
Ionosphere
magnetic storms
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