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American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Research Letters, 12(30), 2003

DOI: 10.1029/2003gl017708

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Detection of ionospheric perturbations using a dense GPS array in Southern California

Journal article published in 2003 by E. Calais ORCID, J. S. Haase, J. B. Minster ORCID
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Abstract

We present observations of high-frequency ionospheric perturbations detected using Global Positioning System (GPS) data from the Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN), a densely spaced GPS array of about 250 stations centered on the Los Angeles area. We show examples of perturbations with 3-10 minute periods that may result from coupling between the ionosphere and neutral gravity waves generated in the lower atmosphere. Although the signal-to-noise ratio of the perturbations is relatively small, we show how multi-station array processing techniques can take advantage of the high spatial density of the measurements and the coherence of the signal over a region the size of the SCIGN to considerably improve the detection capability.