Supplement data listings:

The supplement data listings are grouped by figure, for Fig. 1, 3-7, and 9,
with each group in a separate directory. The data for Fig. 8 are a subset of
the tabulation for Figure 9. The data for Fig. 5 comprise the entire dataset.

Figure 1: Multipath for 2011-205
Multipath (TEC units) versus Elevation: MPathAll.lst
Columns: Elevation, Multipath, UT hours, Azimuth, Source data file
Encoding for source file name is: ydddhhmm.App
y   = units digit of year
ddd = three-digit day-of-year
hh  = Universal Time hour for beginning of data
mm  = Universal Time minute of hour for beginning of data
A   = processing step indicator
pp  = two-digit GPS PRN for data

Figure 3: Minimum Jason-2 SPEC samples, with associated PIM SPEC and
differences, versus PRN:
  MnByPass.nth - North polar region data
  MnByPass.sth - South polar region data
Columns:
  PRN:      GPS satellite identifier
  TECmin:   minimum slant TEC for satellite pass (SP on plot)
  Mdlmin:   minimum model slant TEC for satellite pass (MdlSPEC on plot)
  TECdiff:  TECmin minus Mdlmin
  TECrng:   maximum TEC for satellite pass minus minimum TEC for satellite pass
  MdlRng:   maximum model TEC for satellite pass minus minimum model TEC for
            satellite pass 
  RngRatio: TECrng/MdlRng

Figure 4: Values used to derive cumulative percentage distributions, for PIM,
noise-augmented PIM, and data, versus SPEC:
  SPECvals.tbl - Jason-2 data and original PIM data
  JttrMdl.tbl - Jason-2 data and noise-augmented PIM data
Columns: Jason-2 SPEC, Model SPEC

Figure 5: Augmented data tabulations, for Jason-2 and PIM: 1205hhmm.Tpp
(filename encoding as for Figure 1, with T as processing step indicator)
Header: PRN Day-of-year Year /column identifiers
  PRN = GPS PRN identifier
Columns:
  UTsec    = Universal Time, in seconds, for data sample
  SR       = dispersive range value, in TEC units
  SP       = dispersive phase value, in TEC units
  Azim     = azimuth of GPS satellite, in degrees
  Elev     = elevation of GPS satellite, in degrees
  JLat     = Jason-2 latitude, in degrees, positive North
  JLon     = Jason-2 longitude, in degrees, positive East
  STECmdl  = slant TEC from model, in TEC units
  MedAlt   = median altitude for line-of-sight from Jason-2 to GPS satellite,
             in km
  MedLat   = median latitude for line-of-sight from Jason-2 to GPS satellite,
             in degrees, positive North
  MedLon   = median longitude for line-of-sight from Jason-2 to GPS satellite,
             in degrees, positive East
  VTECmdl  = equivalent vertical TEC from model, in TEC units, at
             (MedLat,MedLon)
  SlantFac = slant factor derived from model (STECmdl/VTECmdl)
  EqVTEC   = equivalent vertical TEC for data, in TEC units, at (MedLat,MedLon)
  LThr     = local time, in hours, at (MedLat,MedLon)

Figure 6: Jason-2 and line-of-sight median locations and coverage regions for
Africa: AfrSel.lst
Header: column identifiers
Columns:
  UTsec    = Universal Time, in seconds, for data sample
  SR       = dispersive range value, in TEC units
  SP       = dispersive phase value, in TEC units
  Azim     = azimuth of GPS satellite, in degrees
  Elev     = elevation of GPS satellite, in degrees
  JLat     = Jason-2 latitude, in degrees, positive North
  JLon     = Jason-2 longitude, in degrees, positive East
  STECmdl  = slant TEC from model, in TEC units
  MedAlt   = median altitude for line-of-sight from Jason-2 to GPS satellite,
             in km
  MedLat   = median latitude for line-of-sight from Jason-2 to GPS satellite,
             in degrees, positive North
  MedLon   = median longitude for line-of-sight from Jason-2 to GPS satellite,
             in degrees, positive East
  VTECmdl  = equivalent vertical TEC from model, in TEC units, at
             (MedLat,MedLon)
  SlantFac = slant factor derived from model (STECmdl/VTECmdl)
  EqVTEC   = equivalent vertical TEC for data, in TEC units, at (MedLat,MedLon)
  LThr     = local time, in hours, at (MedLat,MedLon)
  PRN      = GPS PRN identifier

Figure 7: Latitudinal Vertical TEC Profiles (MLT = 11 (day), 23 (night))
AfrDay.lst, AfrNgt.lst: day, night ground-based vertical TEC components
  GLat = geographic latitude for ionosphere penetration point (positive North)
  GLon = geographic longitude for ionosphere penetration point (positive East)
  VIEC = equivalent vertical ionosphere electron content (TEC units)
  CVTC = composite (ionosphere and plasmasphere) vertical electron content (TEC
         units) (VIEC+PIPV)
  PIPV = vertical plasmasphere electron content (TEC units) at ionosphere
         penetration point latitude/longitude
GErrDay.lst, GErrNgt.lst: day, night error estimates (TEC units) for
  ground-based TEC
  GLat  = geographic latitude for ionosphere penetration point (positive North)
  CVTC  = composite (ionosphere and plasmasphere) vertical electron content (TEC
          units) (VIEC+PIPV)
  CVErr = estimated error for CVTC (TEC units)
  PIPV  = vertical plasmasphere electron content (TEC units) at ionosphere
          penetration point latitude/longitude
  PVErr = estimated error for PIPV (TEC units)
JasonDay.lst, JasonNgt.lst: day, night Jason-2 vertical PEC
  GLat = geographic latitude for plasmasphere penetration point (positive North)
         (equivalent to MedLat for AfrSel.lst)
  PPPV = vertical plasmasphere electron content (TEC units) at plasmasphere
         penetration point latitude/longitude (equivalent to EqVTEC for
         AfrSel.lst)
JErrDay.lst, JErrNgt.lst day, night error estimates (TEC units) for Jason-2 TEC
  GLat =  geographic latitude for plasmasphere penetration point (positive
          North)
  PPPV =  vertical plasmasphere electron content (TEC units) at plasmasphere
          penetration point latitude/longitude
  PVErr = estimated error for PPPV (TEC units)
PIMDay.lst, PIMNgt.lst: day, night PIM vertical TEC components
  GLat = geographic latitude for ionosphere penetration point (positive North)
  GLon = geographic longitude for ionosphere penetration point (positive East)
  VIEC = equivalent vertical ionosphere electron content (TEC units)
  CVTC = composite (ionosphere and plasmasphere) vertical electron content (TEC
         units) (VIEC+PIPV)
  PIPV = vertical plasmasphere electron content (TEC units) at ionosphere
         penetration point latitude/longitude
  For the PIMDay.lst, PIMNgt.lst tabulations, the lines with small negative
  VIEC or CVTC values indicate simulated Jason-2 PPPV, above 1346 km, while the
  lines with valid VIEC and CVTC values indicate simulated SCORPION PIPV, above
  1000 km.

Figure 9: SPEC comparison for ground-based receivers versus Jason-2 receiver:
PCmpTbl.lst
  JUTsec  = Jason-2 data sample Universal Time (sec)
  JsnAzim = Jason-2 line-of-sight azimuth to GPS satellite (deg, positive
            North-to-East rotation)
  JsnElev = Jason-2 line-of-sight elevation to GPS satellite (deg, referenced to
            local horizontal)
  JLat    = Jason-2 satellite latitude (deg)
  JLon    = Jason-2 satellite longitude (deg, positive East)
  JPRN    = GPS satellite (PRN) observed by Jason-2
  JSPEC   = calibrated Jason-2 slant plasmasphere electron content (PEC)
            measurement
  GUTsec  = ground station data sample Universal Time (sec)
  GAzim   = ground station line-of-sight azimuth to GPS satellite (deg, positive
            North-to-East rotation)
  GElev   = ground station line-of-sight elevation to GPS satellite (deg,
            referenced to local horizontal)
  SLat    = ground station latitude (deg)
  SLon    = ground station longitude (deg, positive East)
  GPRN    = GPS satellite (PRN) observed by ground station
  GSPEC   = calibrated ground station slant plasmasphere electron content (PEC)
            measurement (from SCORPION)
  DiffAng = angle between Jason-2 and ground based lines-of-sight, at Jason-2
            (deg)
  MedLat  = line-of-sight (Jason-2 to GPS) median latitude (deg)
  MedLon  = line-of-sight (Jason-2 to GPS) median longitude (deg, positive East)
  GPSLat  = GPS satellite latitude (deg)
  GPSLon  = GPS satellite longitude (deg, positive East)
  SiteID  = ground station site identifier
