Estimation of scintillation indices: a novel approach based on local kernel regression methods
Ouassou, Mohammed; Kristiansen, Oddgeir; Gjevestad, Jon Glenn Omholt; Jacobsen, Knut Stanley; Andalsvik, Yngvild Linnea
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2420815Utgivelsesdato
2016Metadata
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International Journal of Navigation and Observation 2016, 2016:3582176:1-18 10.1155/2016/3582176Sammendrag
We present a comparative study of computational methods for estimation of ionospheric scintillation indices. First, we review the conventional approaches based on Fourier transformation and low-pass/high-pass frequency filtration. Next, we introduce a novel method based on nonparametric local regression with bias Corrected Akaike Information Criteria (AICC). All methods are then applied to data from the Norwegian Regional Ionospheric Scintillation Network (NRISN), which is shown to be dominated by phase scintillation and not amplitude scintillation. We find that all methods provide highly correlated results, demonstrating the validity of the new approach to this problem. All methods are shown to be very sensitive to filter characteristics and the averaging interval. Finally, we find that the new method is more robust to discontinuous phase observations than conventional methods.