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Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
There are a large number of excellent research cases in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning and disaster prediction in Japan region, where the simulation and prediction of total electron content (TEC) is a powerful research method. In this study, we used the data of the GNSS Earth...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21062156 |
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author | Hu, Tianyang Yao, Yibin Kong, Jian |
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description | There are a large number of excellent research cases in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning and disaster prediction in Japan region, where the simulation and prediction of total electron content (TEC) is a powerful research method. In this study, we used the data of the GNSS Earth Observation Network (GEONET) established by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan (GSI) to compare the performance of two regional ionospheric models in Japan, in which the spherical cap harmonic (SCH) model has the best performance. In this paper, we investigated the spatial and temporal variations of ionospheric TEC in Japan and their relationship with latitude, longitude, seasons, and solar activity. The results show that the TEC in Japan increases as the latitude decreases, with the highest average TEC in spring and summer and the lowest in winter, and has a strong correlation with solar activity. In addition, the observation and analysis of ionospheric disturbances over Japan before the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake and geomagnetic storms showed that GNSS observing of ionospheric TEC seems to be very effective in forecasting natural disasters and monitoring space weather. |
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spelling | pubmed-80034142021-03-28 Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Hu, Tianyang Yao, Yibin Kong, Jian Sensors (Basel) Article There are a large number of excellent research cases in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning and disaster prediction in Japan region, where the simulation and prediction of total electron content (TEC) is a powerful research method. In this study, we used the data of the GNSS Earth Observation Network (GEONET) established by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan (GSI) to compare the performance of two regional ionospheric models in Japan, in which the spherical cap harmonic (SCH) model has the best performance. In this paper, we investigated the spatial and temporal variations of ionospheric TEC in Japan and their relationship with latitude, longitude, seasons, and solar activity. The results show that the TEC in Japan increases as the latitude decreases, with the highest average TEC in spring and summer and the lowest in winter, and has a strong correlation with solar activity. In addition, the observation and analysis of ionospheric disturbances over Japan before the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake and geomagnetic storms showed that GNSS observing of ionospheric TEC seems to be very effective in forecasting natural disasters and monitoring space weather. MDPI 2021-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8003414/ /pubmed/33808646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21062156 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hu, Tianyang Yao, Yibin Kong, Jian Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake |
title | Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake |
title_full | Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake |
title_fullStr | Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake |
title_full_unstemmed | Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake |
title_short | Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Ionospheric Total Electron Content in Japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake |
title_sort | study of spatial and temporal variations of ionospheric total electron content in japan, during 2014–2019 and the 2016 kumamoto earthquake |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21062156 |
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