Ionospheric Tomography
Description: A chain of five satellite receivers observes signals from the Russian Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Two signals transmitted coherently at frequencies 150 MHz and 400 MHz are received and their phase difference is used to calculate the ionospheric electron density by means of statistical inversion. The results are shown in terms of electron density plots in a vertical plane above the receiver chain. In an ideal case the satellite flies along the chain. If this is not the case, the plot is a projection from regions outside the vertical plane. In order to estimate the validity of the results, check the satellite path in each case.
Method (pdf)
Satellites/Transmitters: Russian LEO satellites called as Tsykada. Codes presented on the main page response planes of the satellites. Details of the used satellites, active are marked as bold.
Code | Plane | USSPACECOM code | Int. code | Satellite |
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101 | 1 | 28380 | 2004-028-A | COSMOS 2407 |
102 | 2 | 27818 | 2003-023-A | COSMOS 2398 |
103 | 3 | 35635 | 2009-039-A | COSMOS 2454 |
104 | 4 | 28521 | 2005-002-A | COSMOS 2414 |
105 | 5 | 32052 (25590) |
2007-038A (1998-076-A) |
COSMOS 2429 (COSMOS 2361) |
106 | 6 | 26818 | 2001-023-A | COSMOS 2378 |
Operation of the chain: Continuous operation started on January 1, 2003.
Receiver sites and the hosts:
Tromsø (TRO: 69.66°N, 18.94°E, L=6.5): CLOSED
The Auroral Observatory, University of Tromsø, Norway
Kilpisjärvi (KIL: 69.02°N, 20.86°E, L=6.1): CLOSED
SGO's site station, Kilpisjärvi, Finland
Kiruna (KIR: 67.84°N, 20.41°E, L=5.6):
Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Kiruna, Sweden
Luleå (LUL: 65.58° N, 22.17°E, L=4.7): CLOSED
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Kokkola (KOK: 63.83°N, 23.06°E, L=4.2):
Keski-Pohjanmaan Ammattikorkeakoulu, Tekniikan yksikkö, Kokkola, Finland
Nurmijärvi (NUR: 60.51°N, 24.65°E, L=3.4):
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Nurmijärvi Geophysical Observatory, Nurmijärvi, Finland
L-values of station calculated according to Gustafsson 2000, altitude 100km (IGRF 85).
Last updated: 26.10.2016