Comparison of EISCAT and ionosonde electron densities: Application to a ground-based ionospheric segment of a space weather programme

Jean Lilensten*, R. Lj Cander, M. T. Rietveld, P. S. Cannon, M. Barthélémy

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Abstract

Space weather applications require real-time data and wide area observations from both ground- and space-based instrumentation. From space, the global navigation satellite system - GPS - is an important tool. From the ground the incoherent scatter (IS) radar technique permits a direct measurement up to the topside region, while ionosondes give good measurements of the lower part of the ionosphere. An important issue is the intercalibration of these various instruments. In this pap er, we address the intercomparison of the EISCAT IS radar and two ionosondes located at Tromsø (Norway), at times when GPS measurements were also available. We show that even EISCAT data calibrated using ionosonde data can lead to different values of total electron content (TEC) when compared to that obtained from GPS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)183-189
Number of pages7
JournalAnnales Geophysicae
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Ionosphere (active experimetns; auroral ionosphere; instruments and techniques)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Space and Planetary Science

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