A Method for Determining the Absolute Total Electron Content using Unmodulated Coherent Multifrequency Signals

Paper number

IAC-10.B1.75

Author

Mr. Aleksey Novikov, FSUE RSDE, Russia

Coauthor

Dr. Alexander Romanov, FSUE RSDE, Russia

Year

2010

Abstract

A new theoretical method for determining the absolute total electron content (TEC) from phase differences of unmodulated coherent multifrequency signals is derived. Calculation of the values
of the phase ambiguity and resolution in terms of TEC values is presented. A combination of the carrier frequencies
of coherent signals that enables determination of the absolute TEC of the Earth’s ionosphere with the use of
simple receiving facilities is substantiated.
This method makes it possible to measure TEC along a trace of sounding multifrequncy radiosignal using only instantaneous phase data.

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