Articles | Volume 39, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-687-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-687-2021
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20 Jul 2021
Regular paper |  | 20 Jul 2021

Influence of different types of ionospheric disturbances on GPS signals at polar latitudes

Vladimir B. Belakhovsky, Yaqi Jin, and Wojciech J. Miloch

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The high-latitude ionosphere has a very dynamic structure and causes a negative influence via radio wave propagation on, for example, global positioning system (GPS) signals and satellite communication. In this study, we have determined which type of high-latitude ionosphere disturbance has a stronger influence on GPS signals using a GPS receiver on Svalbard. It is shown that a substorm ionosphere disturbance leads to stronger GPS signal fluctuations than other types of ionosphere disturbances.