Climatology of ionosphere over Nepal based on GPS total electron content data from 2008 to 2018

Pandit, Drabindra; Ghimire, Basudev; Amory-Mazaudier, Christine; Fleury, Rolland; Chapagain, Narayan Prasad; Adhikari, Binod

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-743-2021

Articles | Volume 39, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-743-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-743-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 39, issue 4

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20 Aug 2021

Regular paper |

| 20 Aug 2021

Climatology of ionosphere over Nepal based on GPS total electron content data from 2008 to 2018

Drabindra Pandit, Basudev Ghimire, Christine Amory-Mazaudier, Rolland Fleury, Narayan Prasad Chapagain, and Binod Adhikari

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RC1: 'Climatology of ionosphere over Nepal based on GPS TEC data from 2 2008 to 2018', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Feb 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Drabindra Pandit, 04 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Climatology of ionosphere over Nepal based on GPS TEC data from 2 2008 to 2018', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Drabindra Pandit, 04 Mar 2021

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (15 Mar 2021) by Dalia Buresova

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Jun 2021) by Dalia Buresova

AR by Drabindra Pandit on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes

ED: Publish as is (12 Jul 2021) by Dalia Buresova

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Short summary

We analyse the climatology of the ionosphere over Nepal based on GPS-derived vertical total electron content (VTEC) during 2008–2018. The study illustrates the diurnal, monthly, annual, seasonal and solar cycle variations in VTEC. The results show equinoctial asymmetry in TEC in maximum phases in 2014, followed by descending, ascending and minimum phases. The winter anomalies are seen during increasing and maximum phases of the solar cycle (2011–2014) from almost all stations considered.