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dc.contributor.authorJuan Zornoza, José Miguel
dc.contributor.authorSanz Subirana, Jaume
dc.contributor.authorRovira Garcia, Adrià
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Casado, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorIbáñez Segura, Deimos
dc.contributor.authorOrús Pérez, Raul
dc.contributor.otherUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física
dc.contributor.otherUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Matemàtiques
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-06T18:56:29Z
dc.date.available2018-04-06T18:56:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-01
dc.identifier.citationJuan, J., Sanz, J., Rovira-Garcia, Adrià., Gonzalez-Casado, G., Ibañez, D., Orús, R. AATR an ionospheric activity indicator specifically based on GNSS measurements. "Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate", 1 Març 2018, vol. 8, núm. A14, p. 1-11.
dc.identifier.issn2115-7251
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/116064
dc.description.abstractThis work reviews an ionospheric activity indicator useful for identifying disturbed periods affecting the performance of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). This index is based in the Along Arc TEC Rate (AATR) and can be easily computed from dual-frequency GNSS measurements. The AATR indicator has been assessed over more than one Solar Cycle (2002–2017) involving about 140 receivers distributed world-wide. Results show that it is well correlated with the ionospheric activity and, unlike other global indicators linked to the geomagnetic activity (i.e. DST or Ap), it is sensitive to the regional behaviour of the ionosphere and identifies specific effects on GNSS users. Moreover, from a devoted analysis of different Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) performances in different ionospheric conditions, it follows that the AATR indicator is a very suitable mean to reveal whether SBAS service availability anomalies are linked to the ionosphere. On this account, the AATR indicator has been selected as the metric to characterise the ionosphere operational conditions in the frame of the European Space Agency activities on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS). The AATR index has been adopted as a standard tool by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for joint ionospheric studies in SBAS. In this work we explain how the AATR is computed, paying special attention to the cycle-slip detection, which is one of the key issues in the AATR computation, not fully addressed in other indicators such as the Rate Of change of the TEC Index (ROTI). After this explanation we present some of the main conclusions about the ionospheric activity that can extracted from the AATR values during the above mentioned long-term study. These conclusions are: (a) the different spatial correlation related with the MOdified DIP (MODIP) which allows to clearly separate high, mid and low latitude regions, (b) the large spatial correlation in mid latitude regions which allows to define a planetary index, similar to the geomagnetic ones, (c) the seasonal dependency which is related with the longitude and (d) the variation of the AATR value at different time scales (hourly, daily, seasonal, among others) which confirms most of the well-known time dependences of the ionospheric events, and finally, (e) the relationship with the space weather events.
dc.format.extent11 p.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subjectÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
dc.subject.lcshGlobal Positioning System
dc.subject.lcshIonosphere
dc.subject.lcshAlgorithms
dc.subject.lcshSpace environment
dc.subject.otherPositioning system
dc.subject.otherTotal Electron Content (TEC)
dc.subject.otherIonosphere (general)
dc.subject.otherAlgorithm
dc.subject.otherSpace weather
dc.titleAATR an ionospheric activity indicator specifically based on GNSS measurements
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.lemacSistema de posicionament global
dc.subject.lemacIonosfera
dc.subject.lemacAlgorismes
dc.subject.lemacMedi ambient espacial
dc.contributor.groupUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. gAGE - Grup d'Astronomia i Geomàtica
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/swsc/2017044
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.swsc-journal.org/articles/swsc/full_html/2018/01/swsc170054/swsc170054.html
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
local.identifier.drac22021615
dc.description.versionPostprint (published version)
dc.relation.projectidinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/776011/EU/Warning and Mitigation Technologies for Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances Effects/TechTIDE
local.citation.authorJuan, J.; Sanz, J.; Rovira-Garcia, Adrià.; Gonzalez-Casado, G.; Ibañez, D.; Orús, R.
local.citation.publicationNameJournal of Space Weather and Space Climate
local.citation.volume8
local.citation.numberA14
local.citation.startingPage1
local.citation.endingPage11


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