Ionosphere variability I: Advances in observational, monitoring and detection capabilities

I Tsagouri, A Belehaki, DR Themens… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper aims to review recent advances regarding the observational and monitoring
capabilities of the ionization conditions in the Earth's upper atmosphere. The analysis spans …

One‐Dimensional Variational Ionospheric Retrieval Using Radio Occultation Bending Angles: 1. Theory

ID Culverwell, SB Healy, S Elvidge - Space Weather, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A new one‐dimensional variational (1D‐Var) retrieval method for ionospheric GNSS radio
occultation (GNSS‐RO) measurements is described. The forward model implicit in the …

A‐CHAIM: Near‐real‐time data assimilation of the high latitude ionosphere with a particle filter

B Reid, DR Themens, A McCaffrey… - Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Assimilative Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (A‐CHAIM) is an
operational ionospheric data assimilation model that provides a 3D representation of the …

Optimal estimation inversion of ionospheric electron density from GNSS-POD limb measurements: Part II-validation and comparison using NmF2 and hmF2

N Swarnalingam, DL Wu, DJ Emmons… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing number of SmallSat/CubeSat constellations with high-rate (50–100 Hz) global
navigation satellite system radio occultations (GNSS-RO) as well as low-rate (1 Hz) precise …

Performance analysis of a portable low-cost SDR-based ionosonde

O Koloskov, A Kashcheyev, O Bogomaz, A Sopin… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents a software-defined radio ionosonde (ISDR) developed at the Abdus
Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Italy) and the Institute of Radio …

Automatic ionospheric weather monitoring with DPS-4D ionosonde and ARTIST-5 autoscaler: System performance at a mid-latitude observatory

SM Stankov, TGW Verhulst, D Sapundjiev - Radio Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of the digital ionospheric sounder at the mid-latitude site of Dourbes,
Belgium (4.6° E, 50.1° N) is evaluated and detailed here in terms of its capability to deliver …

A storm-time global electron density reconstruction model in three-dimensions based on artificial neural networks

JB Habarulema, D Okoh, D Burešová, B Rabiu… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present results of a dedicated global storm-time model for the reconstruction of
ionospheric electron density in three-dimensions. Using the storm criterion of| Dst|⩾ 50 nT …

NOIRE-Net–a convolutional neural network for automatic classification and scaling of high-latitude ionograms

A Kvammen, J Vierinen, D Huyghebaert… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Millions of ionograms are acquired annually to monitor the ionosphere. The accumulated
data contain untapped information from a range of locations, multiple solar cycles, and …

Validating ionospheric models against technologically relevant metrics

AT Chartier, J Steele, G Sugar, DR Themens… - Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
New, open access tools have been developed to validate ionospheric models in terms of
technologically relevant metrics. These are ionospheric errors on GPS 3D position, HF ham …

Comparison of a Bottom-Up GNSS Radio Occultation Method to Measure D-and E-Region Electron Densities with Ionosondes and FIRI

DJ Shaver, DL Wu, N Swarnalingam, AL Franz… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-frequency skywave propagation can be heavily impacted by D-and E-region dynamics
requiring accurate global measurements to optimize performance. A standard measurement …