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Addressing the Influence of Space Weather on Airline NavigationThe advent of satellite-based augmentation systems has made it possible to navigate aircraft safely using radio signals emitted by global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning System. As a signal propagates through the earth's ionosphere, it suffers delay that is proportional to the total electron content encountered along the raypath. Since the magnitude of this total electron content is strongly influenced by space weather, the safety and reliability of GNSS for airline navigation requires continual monitoring of the state of the ionosphere and calibration of ionospheric delay. This paper examines the impact of space weather on GNSS-based navigation and provides an overview of how the Wide Area Augmentation System protects its users from positioning error due to ionospheric disturbances
Document ID
20130001820
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Sparks, Lawrence
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
February 5, 2012
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
AAS 12-034
Meeting Information
Meeting: 6th Annual Guidance and Control Conference
Location: Breckenridge, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: February 5, 2012
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
airline navigation
Global Positioning System (GPS)
space weather

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