Concurrent observation of L-band scintillation and ROTI over Cyprus

Transionospheric radio signals are prone to rapid and random fluctuation in the received signal phase and amplitude, referred to as scintillation, caused by the variation in electron density present in the medium of propagation. Such variations are most frequent and intense over the equatorial and low latitude regions, extending from 30° N to 30° S. Over the middle latitude, such observation of scintillation is often limited, due to the absence of required background dynamics. Additionally, the occurrence of scintillation over any region, is variable depending on parameters such as solar activity, geomagnetic activity etc. In this study, we report rare occurrence of scintillation over middle latitude, with an aim to correlate such occurrence with Rate of TEC Index (ROTI).