Annals of Geophysics (Jun 2009)

Ionospheric scintillation monitoring and modelling

  • Mariusz Pozoga,
  • Thoralf Noack,
  • Massimo Materassi,
  • Norbert Jakowski,
  • Vadim Gherm,
  • Biagio Forte,
  • Smita Dubey,
  • Giorgiana De Franceschi,
  • Paul Cannon,
  • Alain Bourdillon,
  • Marcio Aquino,
  • Lucilla Alfonsi,
  • Vincenzo Romano,
  • Yannick Béniguel,
  • Niel Rogers,
  • Paolo Spalla,
  • Hal J. Strangeways,
  • E. Michael Warrington,
  • Andrzej Wernik,
  • Volker Wilken,
  • Nikolay Zernov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-4595
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 3-4
pp. 391 – 416

Abstract

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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">This paper presents a review of the ionospheric scintillation monitoring and modelling by the European groups</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">involved in COST 296. Several of these groups have organized scintillation measurement campaigns at low and</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">high latitudes. Some characteristic results obtained from the measured data are presented. The paper also addresses the modeling activities: four models, based on phase screen techniques, with different options and application domains are detailed. Finally some new trends for research topics are given. This includes the wavelet analysis, the high latitudes analysis, the construction of scintillation maps and the mitigation techniques.</p> <br />