Polar Ionospheric TEC Enhancement Observation Using GNSS-R
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Wang, Yang; Morton, Y. Jade
- Source
- 2023 XXXVth General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS) General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS), 2023 XXXVth. :1-4 Aug, 2023
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Geoscience
Photonics and Electrooptics
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Antenna measurements
Global navigation satellite system
Satellite antennas
Phase measurement
Satellites
Receiving antennas
Antarctica
- Language
- ISSN
- 2642-4339
This paper presents recent processing results of ionospheric TEC enhancement obtained over the Arctic and Antarctic based on GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) measurements. The polar ionosphere is home for many interesting and dynamic processes. Yet, ionospheric observations at polar regions are sparse due to challenges in deploying instruments in the harsh environments. GNSS-R offers a promising new means to fill the data gap at high latitudes by utilizing coherently reflected signal over ice and received by LEO satellite equipped with side- or downward looking antennas. This paper presents real grazing angle GNSS-R data collected by Spire Global CubeSats to retrieve ionospheric TEC over the Arctic and Antarctic. This paper show examples of GNSS-R observations of ionospheric TEC enhancement over the Arctic and Antarctica.