Comparison of the Occurrence Morphology of Phase Scintillation of GPS and Beidou Signals at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica
Abstract The characteristics of phase scintillation (represented by the phase scintillation indices, σ φ ) from GPS and Beidou are statistically analyzed using a ground‐based receiver at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica, from 2020 to 2022 for the first time. The phase scintillation of the GPS and Beidou signals present a similar pattern of occurrence. The statistical results on the occurrence morphology of phase scintillation show that the phase scintillation predominately occurs in the magnetic pre‐noon and pre‐midnight sectors. Moreover, phase scintillation performs a dependence on solar and geomagnetic activities. Furthermore, the phase scintillation also gives a seasonal variation with the maximum occurrence happened at the autumn and the minimum occurrence during the summer. Consequently, these results improve understanding of the morphological characteristics of the phase fluctuations in the less studied Antarctic region. The study also demonstrates the use of the combined data set to improve the coverage in the Antarctic region.
Authors
- Zejun Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-2094)
- P. T. Jayachandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-708X)
- Z.Y. Xiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7175-0278)
- Zan‐Yang Xing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-1017)
- Hongqiao Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-5648)
- Jianjun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0465-6210)
- Xiangcai Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6325-5049)
- Liyan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5627-8998)
- Yong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5853-8036)
- Feifei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-2053)
- Sheng Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1852-7869)
- Yu‐Zhang Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-4346)
- Qinghe Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-4050)
Institutions
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- Polar Research Institute of China (CN)
- Shandong University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- National Space Science Center (CN)
- National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2023ja032158
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.66
Funders
- Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
- Polar Research Institute of China