journal of food measurement and characterization2017Vol. 35pp. 377-391
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bniguel2017annalesmonitor
Abstract
The ESA MONITOR network is composed of high-frequency-sampling global
navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers deployed mainly at low and high
latitudes to study ionosphere variability and jointly with global GNSS data
and ionospheric processing software in support of the GNSS and its
satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) like the European EGNOS. In a
recent phase of the project, the network was merged with the CNES/ASECNA
network and new receivers were added to complement the latter in the western
African sector. This paper summarizes MONITOR, presenting two case studies on
scintillations (using almost 2 years of data measurements). The first case
occurred during the major St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm in 2015. The
second case study was performed in the last phase of the project, which was
supported by ESA EGNOS Project Office, when we paid special attention to
extreme events that might degrade the system performance of the European
EGNOS.