Application of the Fengyun 3 C GNSS occultation sounder for assessing the global ionospheric response to a magnetic storm event

doi:10.5194/amt-12-1483-2019

	Application of the Fengyun 3 C GNSS occultation sounder for assessing the global ionospheric response to a magnetic storm event
	Bai, Weihua; Wang, Guojun; Sun, Yueqiang; Shi, Jiankui; Yang, Guanglin; Meng, Xiangguang; Wang, Dongwei; Du, Qifei; Wang, Xianyi; Xia, Junming
刊名	ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
	2019
卷号	12 期号:3 页码:1483-1493
ISSN号	1867-1381
DOI	10.5194/amt-12-1483-2019
英文摘要	The rapid advancement of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) occultation technology in recent years has made it one of the most advanced space-based remote sensing technologies of the 21st century. GNSS radio occultation has many advantages, including all-weather operation, global coverage, high vertical resolution, high precision, long-term stability, and self-calibration. Data products from GNSS occultation sounding can greatly enhance ionospheric observations and contribute to space weather monitoring, forecasting, modeling, and research. In this study, GNSS occultation sounder (GNOS) results from a radio occultation sounding payload aboard the Fengyun 3 C (FY3-C) satellite were compared with ground-based ionosonde observations. Correlation coefficients for peak electron density (NmF2) derived from GNOS Global Position System (GPS) and Beidou navigation system (BDS) products with ionosonde data were higher than 0.9, and standard deviations were less than 20 %. Global ionospheric effects of the strong magnetic storm event in March 2015 were analyzed using GNOS results supported by ionosonde observations. The magnetic storm caused a significant disturbance in NmF2 level. Suppressed daytime and nighttime NmF2 levels indicated mainly negative storm conditions. In two longitude section zones of geomagnetic inclination between 40 and 80 degrees, the results of average NmF2 observed by GNOS and ground-based ionosondes showed the same basic trends during the geomagnetic storm and confirmed the negative effect of this storm event on the ionosphere. The analysis demonstrates the reliability of the GNSS radio occultation sounding instrument GNOS aboard the FY3-C satellite and confirms the utility of ionosphere products from GNOS for statistical and event-specific ionospheric physical analyses. Future FY3 series satellites and increasing numbers of Beidou navigation satellites will provide increasing GNOS occultation data on the ionosphere, which will contribute to ionosphere research and forecasting applications.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/6957]
专题	国家空间科学中心_空间科学部
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bai, Weihua,Wang, Guojun,Sun, Yueqiang,et al. Application of the Fengyun 3 C GNSS occultation sounder for assessing the global ionospheric response to a magnetic storm event[J]. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES,2019,12(3):1483-1493.
APA	Bai, Weihua.,Wang, Guojun.,Sun, Yueqiang.,Shi, Jiankui.,Yang, Guanglin.,...&Liu, Cheng.(2019).Application of the Fengyun 3 C GNSS occultation sounder for assessing the global ionospheric response to a magnetic storm event.ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES,12(3),1483-1493.
MLA	Bai, Weihua,et al."Application of the Fengyun 3 C GNSS occultation sounder for assessing the global ionospheric response to a magnetic storm event".ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 12.3(2019):1483-1493.