Title :
Effect of Scintillation on Timing Applications of GPS in Indian Subcontinent
Author :
Banerjee, P. ; Bose, Anindya ; DasGupta, Ashish
Author_Institution :
Nat. Phys. Lab., New Delhi
Abstract :
On the Indian subcontinent, scintillations are quite frequent and intense and have a longer duration during a peak period of an 11-year solar cycle. This phenomenon quite significantly informs us about the performance of the Global Positioning System (GPS). A special experiment has particularly been conducted to study the effect of scintillations on GPS time. This paper discusses the findings of this experiment. A degradation of timing accuracy of the order of 60 ns has been observed.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation; GPS; Global Positioning System; Indian subcontinent; scintillation effect; timing applications; Accuracy; Delay effects; Delay estimation; Fluctuations; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Ionosphere; Propagation delay; Satellite broadcasting; Timing; Global Positioning System (GPS) time; instantaneous error; ionosphere; scintillation; solar cycle; time accuracy;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2007.904568
