global gps ionospheric modelling using spherical harmonic expansion approach
;Byung-Kyu Choi;Woo Kyung Lee;Sung-Ki Cho;Jong-Uk Park;Pil-Ho Park
the journal of supercritical fluids2010Vol. 27pp. 359-366
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choi2010journalglobal
Abstract
In this study, we developed a global ionosphere model based on measurements from a worldwide network of global
positioning system (GPS). The total number of the international GPS reference stations for development of ionospheric
model is about 100 and the spherical harmonic expansion approach as a mathematical method was used. In order to
produce the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) based on grid form, we defined spatial resolution of 2.0 degree
and 5.0 degree in latitude and longitude, respectively. Two-dimensional TEC maps were constructed within the interval
of one hour, and have a high temporal resolution compared to global ionosphere maps which are produced by several
analysis centers. As a result, we could detect the sudden increase of TEC by processing GPS observables on 29 October,
2003 when the massive solar flare took place.