Ionospheric Effects on GNSS Performance

Yannick Béniguel (1) , Matthew Angling (2) , Emilio Banfi (3) , Christophe Bourga (4) , Marta Cueto (5) , Rolland Fleury (6) , Alberto Garcia-Rigo (7) , Pierrick Hamel (1) , Rolf Hartmann (8) , Manuel Hernandez-Pajares (7) , Norbert Jakowski (9) , Kirsti Kauristie (4) , Raul Orus-Perez (10) , Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira (10) , Jean-Jacques Valette (11) , Max van de Kamp (4)

1 IEEA - Informatique electromagnétisme électronique analyse
2 QinetiQ
3 Thales Alenia Space Italia
4 FMI - Finnish Meteorological Institute
5 GMV
6 Lab-STICC_TB_MOM_PIM
7 gAGE/UPC - Advanced GNSS Research and Innovative Applications
8 Jena Optronik - Jena Optronik GmbH
9 DLR Neustrelitz - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Neustrelitz]
10 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
11 CLS - Collecte Localisation Satellites [Toulouse]

This paper presents the features of the MONITOR project. This project initiated by ESA / ESTEC aims to increase the knowledge of the ionospheric effects and its impact on GNSS systems during active periods of solar activity. It includes the deployment of a set of GNSS-based ionospheric monitoring receivers worldwide distributed, the development of specific analysis software tools some of them integrated on a common platform, others distributed providing products routinely and a measurement campaign which will last beyond the peak of the current solar cycle.

Mots clés: Ionosphere; GNSS; Receivers; TEC; Scintillation; Solar Flare

Yannick Béniguel, Matthew Angling, Emilio Banfi, Christophe Bourga, Marta Cueto, et al.. Ionospheric Effects on GNSS Performance. NAVITEC 2012 : 6th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies, Dec 2012, Noordwijk, Netherlands. ⟨hal-00903810⟩