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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pedatella, N. M.
• Zakharenkova, I.
• Braun, J. J.
• Cherniak, I.
• Hunt, D.
• Schreiner, W. S.
• Straus, P. R.
• Valant‐Weiss, B. L.
• Vanhove, T.
• Weiss, J.
• Wu, Q.

Titel

Processing and Validation of FORMOSAT‐7/COSMIC‐2 GPS Total Electron Content Observations

Ist Teil von

• Radio science, 2021-08, Vol.56 (8), p.n/a

Ort / Verlag

Washington: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Slant absolute total electron content (TEC) is observed by the Formosa Satellite‐7/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate‐2 (FORMOSAT‐7/COSMIC‐2, F7/C2) Tri‐GNSS Radio Occultation System (TGRS) instrument. We present details of the data processing algorithms, validation, and error assessment for the F7/C2 global positioning system (GPS) absolute TEC observations. The data processing includes estimation and application of solar panel dependent pseudorange multipath maps, phase to pseudorange leveling, and estimation of separate L1C‐L2C and L1C‐L2P receiver differential code biases. We additionally perform a validation of the F7/C2 GPS absolute TEC observations through comparison with colocated, independent, TEC observations from the Swarm‐B satellite. Based on this comparison, we conclude that the accuracy of the F7/C2 GPS absolute TEC observations is less than 3.0 TEC units. Results are also presented that illustrate the suitability of the F7/C2 GPS absolute TEC observations for studying the climatology and variability of the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere (i.e., altitudes above the F7/C2 orbit of ∼550 km). These results demonstrate that F7/C2 provides high quality GPS absolute TEC observations that can be used for ionosphere‐thermosphere data assimilation as well as scientific studies of the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere. Key Points Describe details of the processing methodology used for the Formosa Satellite‐7/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate‐2 (F7/C2) GPS absolute total electron content observations Comparisons with colocated Swarm total electron content observations are used to validate the F7/C2 observations F7/C2 GPS absolute total electron content observations are estimated to have an error below 3.0 TECU