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Influence of Non-vertical Echoes to Ionogram Scaling
Kouba, Daniel ; Koucká Knížová, Petra
Digisonde DPS 4 replaced the older ionosonde IPS 42 KEL Aerospace in the Observatory Pruhonice in January 2004. Additional information about the wave polarization enables us to determine and to distinguish exactly between ordinary and extraordinary wave traces on the ionogram records. This new ability basically changes scaling of the ionograms comparing to the ionograms obtained by classical ionosondes. Digisonde measurements show that in some cases the interpretation of ionograms based on classical ionospheric soundings may lead to the systematic errors, which affect classical ionograms interpretation. We demonstrate possible significant misinterpretations of the ionograms obtained using the classical equipment that is not able to distinguish between ordinary and extraordinary modes and records only time of flight of the electromagnetic sounding pulse. We show the necessity to be careful in using an old ionosonde measurements and scaled data for further analysis.
Ionospheric response to the particular solar event as seen in the ionospheric vertical sounding
Mošna, Zbyšek ; Koucká Knížová, Petra ; Georgieva, K.
Two types of solar events (Coronal Mass Ejections -CMEs and their subset with rotational magnetic field, Magnetic Clouds - MCs and High Speed Solar Stream –HSS) are mainly responsible for geomagnetic and ionospheric (geospheric) disturbances. Three solar events from year 2004 were chosen and ionospheric responses by means of foF2 and h'F2 were studied.
Total Electron Content Measurement Using Digisonde and GNSS
Kouba, Daniel ; Šauli, Petra
The digital pulse ionospheric sounder (Digisonde) of the University of Massachusetts Lowell has been operated in Pruhonice (geographic coordinates 50.0N, 14.6E) since 2004 for ionospheric study. Earlier, KEL Aerospace and ISP-42 ionosondes had also been operated. Hence, there is a long archive of bottomside ionospheric records for a period of about sixty years. In 2009, Topcon NET-G3 triple frequency Global Navigation Satellite System receiver will also be installed at the station, collocated with the Digisonde. GNSS receivers are becoming recognized as another source for ionospheric information. This year, the upgrade of Digisonde DPS-4 to model DPS-4D also will be realized. This new type will provide a much wider usage and expands the possibilities of our research. The GNSS and Digisonde measurements jointly will bring new improvements to the models of electron density profiles.

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