The amplitude scintillations and QTEC were measured using three GPS ionospheric scintillation and QTEC monitors at Wuhan.By using wavelet analysis and cross-correlation technique
the zonal apparent drift velocity of the ionospheric irregularities was estimated based on the observations of the three spaced GPS receivers during the great storm occurring in Nov.2004.Results show that there were the different scale ionospheric irregularities which caused strong amplitude scintillations and QTEC rapid fluctuations in the night of Nov.10.From measurements of the rate of QTEC(RT) at three spaced receivers
it is found that the irregularities drifted westward along the zonal direction
and the drift velocities exhibited degressive trend
changing from about 130 m/s at 21:30 BST to about 40 m/s at 02:30 BST.This research will provide a feasible method for measurement of the ionospheric zonal velocity.
关键词
磁暴电离层全球定位系统闪烁不规则结构纬圈漂移
Keywords
magnetic stormionosphereGPSscintillationirregularityzonal drift