Satellite navigation vs. the ionosphere: Where are we, and where are we going?

Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 375-386

  Dehel, Thomas ^a   Lorge, Frank ^a,c,d   Warburton, John ^a   Nelthropp, David ^b  

^a William J Hughes FAA Technical Center   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c WAAS Program

^d GPS Joint Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS RECEIVERS; LOCAL AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (LAAS); SATELLITE NAVIGATION; WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (WAAS);

AIRCRAFT; INSTALLATION; INTERPOLATION; IONOSPHERE; NAVIGATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 22144497143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. RICA Special Committee Working Group 2, "Minimum Operational Standards for Global Positioning System / Wide Area Augmentation System Airborne Equipment. RTCA Document DO-229C
2. RTCA, Incorporated. (2001) GNNS Based Precision Approach Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (RTCA/DO-246B). Washington, D.C.
3. Walter, T., Hansen A., Blanch, J., Enge, P., Mannucci, A., Pi X., Sparks, L., Iijima, B., El-Arini, B., Lejuene, R., Hagan, M., Altshuler, E., Fries, R., Chu, A. "Robust Detection of Ionospheric Irregularities" ION GPS, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2000.
4. th Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM, June 2002.
5. M. Luo, S. Pullen, J. Dennis, H. Konno, G. Xie, T. Walter, P. Enge, Stanford University; S. Datta-Barua, Boston College; T. Dehel, FAA, LAAS Ionosphere Spatial Gradient Threat Model and Impact of LGF and Airborne Monitoring. Proceedings of ION GPS/GNSS 2003. Portland, Oregon, September, 2003.
6. Klobuchar, J., Doherty, P., El-Arini, B., Lejeune, R., Dehel, T., de Paula, E., Rodrigues, F., "Ionospheric Issues for SBAS in the Equatorial Region", Presented at the Ionospheric Effects Symposium (IES), Alexandria, VA, USA, May, 2002.
7. Basu, S. et.al., "Ionospheric effects of major magnetic storms during the International Space Weather Period of September and October, 1999: GPS observations, VHF/UHF scintillations, and in situ density structures at middle and equatorial latitudes". Jour. Geophysical Res. Vol 106, No. A12, Dec., 2001
8. Rajagopal, S. et. al., "Correlation Structure of the Equatorial Ionosphere". Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, January, 2004.
9. Cormier, et.al., "Providing Precision Approach SBAS Service And Integrity in Equatorial Regions". Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation GPS/GNSS Meeting, Portland, OR, September 2003.
10. Lejeuene, R., et.al., "Performance of a Tomographic SBAS Ionospheric Estimation in the Equatorial Region". Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, January, 2004.
11. Komjathy, A., et.al, "An Assessment of the Current WAAS Ionospheric Correction Algorithm in the South American Region". Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting, Portland, OR, September, 2002.
12. Kelley, M.C., "The Earths Ionosphere, Plasma, Physics, and Electrodynamics", Academic, San Diego, CA, 1989.
13. Sobral, J., et.al., "Ionospheric plasma bubble climatology over Brazil based on 22 years (1977-1998) of 630 nm airglow observations". Journal of Atmos. And Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64, 1517-1524 2002.
14. Abdu, M. et. al., "Equatorial Spread F Stastics in the American Longitude: Some Problems Relevant to ESF Description in the IRI Scheme". Adv. Space. Res. Vol 25, No. 1, pp. 113-124 2000.
15. Kitner, P., et.al, "Fading timescales associated with GPS signals and potential consequences". Radio Science, Vol. 36, No. 4 pp. 731-743, July/August 2001.