IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON GPS SIGNAL IN LOW-LATITUDE REGION: A CASE STUDY REVIEW OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND AFRICA

I Abba; WAWZ Abidin; T Masri; KH Ping; MS Muhammad; BV Pai

doi:10.4314/njt.343.971

IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON GPS SIGNAL IN LOW-LATITUDE REGION: A CASE STUDY REVIEW OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND AFRICA

Authors

I Abba DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, KANO STATE POLYTECHNIC, KANO, KANO STATE. NIGERIA.
WAWZ Abidin DEPT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK 94300 KOTA SAMARAHAN, MALAYSIA
T Masri DEPT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK 94300 KOTA SAMARAHAN, MALAYSIA
KH Ping DEPT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK 94300 KOTA SAMARAHAN, MALAYSIA
MS Muhammad DEPT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK 94300 KOTA SAMARAHAN, MALAYSIA
BV Pai DEPT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK 94300 KOTA SAMARAHAN, MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.343.971

Keywords:

Low-latitude, ionospheric effect, GPS, TEC, SNR

Abstract

The ionosphere is a significant source of errors affecting L-Band (1-2 GHz) signal propagation using Global Position System (GPS). The propagated GPS signals that passes through the Earth’s atmosphere where affected by ionosphere and troposphere irregularities and caused the signal propagation delay. However, the velocity of signals that propagate within the atmosphere deviates from vacuum line of sight (LOS), while the refractivity of ionosphere and troposphere influence the signal propagation delay causing atmospheric effects due to high electrons density. Both affect the signal in different ways due to their particular refractive properties. The review focuses of some of the previous research studies conducted on empirical modeling of the ionospheric effect in low latitude region. The tabulated findings of such models presented in this article.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v34i3.14

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Vol. 34 No. 3 (2015)

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Computer, Telecommunications, Software, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON GPS SIGNAL IN LOW-LATITUDE REGION: A CASE STUDY REVIEW OF SOUTH EAST ASIA AND AFRICA. (2015). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 34(3), 523-529. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.343.971