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Heise, S., Jakowski, N., Wehrenpfennig, A., Reigber, C. and Lühr, H. (2002). Sounding of the topside ionosphere/plasmasphere based on GPS measurements from CHAMP: Initial results. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL014738. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Beside the GPS radio occultation measurements of the troposphere and ionosphere, the CHAMP satellite tracks presently up to 8 GPS satellites simultaneously for navigation. The received dual frequency GPS signals provide valuable information on the ionization state of the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere. This paper briefly describes a new developed model assisted technique to improve the three dimensional electron density estimation above the CHAMP orbit from these GPS measurements. Application of this assimilation algorithm provides a 2-D electron density slice of the ionosphere/plasmasphere system within the CHAMP orbit plane from the CHAMP altitude up to GPS orbit heights. We estimate the accuracy of the GPS TEC calibration and perform a first validation by comparing the retrieved electron density of the ionosphere/plasmasphere slice at CHAMP altitude to simultaneous electron density measurements of the Langmuir Probe onboard CHAMP. |
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Keywords
Ionosphere, Topside ionosphere, Ionosphere, Plasma temperature and density, Ionosphere, Ionospheric dynamics |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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