• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 전리층에서의 직입사 측정 및 사입사 측정 간 등가 이론을 정리하여, 이를 바탕으로 실제 운용중인 전리층 관측기를 이용한 사입사 Ionogram을 중간 지점의 등가 직입사 Ionogram으로 변환할 수 있는 변환 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 또한 관측 중간 지점에 전리층 직입사 관측기가 없는 상황에서 변환 알고리즘 결과를 검증하기 위해, 관측 송수신 지점에서 시차를 두고 측정하는 직입사 Ionogram 데이터를 이용하여 변환 데이터와 비교하였다. 비교 결과 대체적으로 변환된 등가 직입사 Ionogram이 두 지역의 Ionogram의 형태를 잘 따라가고 있음을 볼 수 있다. 이에 따라 본 변환 알고리즘은 단거리 사입사 측정 Ionogram을 등가 직입사 Ionogram으로 변환하여 중간 지점 전리층 전자밀도 프로파일을 얻는 데 충분히 활용가능하다고 판단된다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.201-206
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• 1987

A description of ionogram inversion algorithm developed for obtaining ionospheric electron density profile from ionospheric sounding datas (ionograms) in real time using mean value theorem is given and the methods for determining starting points and correcting valley effects are considered. The results derived from this algorithm are compared with the theoretically simulated datas, and the real electron density profiles from the measured ionograms taken at Radio research Laboratory in Korea are given to show its practical use.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2018

The ionosphere has been monitored by ionosondes for over five decades since the 1960s in Korea. An ionosonde typically produces an ionogram that displays radio echoes in the frequency-range plane. The trace of echoes in the plane can be read either manually or automatically to derive useful ionospheric parameters such as foF2 (peak frequency of the F2 layer) and hmF2 (peak height of the F2 layer). Monitoring of the ionosphere should be routinely performed in a given time cadence, and thus, automatic scaling of an ionogram is generally executed to obtain ionospheric parameters. However, an auto-scaling program can generate undesirable results that significantly misrepresent the ionosphere. In order to verify the degree of misrepresentation by an auto-scaling program, we performed manual scaling of all 35,136 ionograms measured at Jeju ($33.43^{\circ}N$, $126.30^{\circ}E$) throughout 2012. We compared our manually scaled parameters (foF2 and hmF2) with auto-scaled parameters that were obtained via the ARTIST5002 program. We classified five cases in terms of the erroneous scaling performed by the program. The results of the comparison indicate that the average differences with respect to foF2 and hmF2 between the two methods approximately correspond to 0.03 MHz and 4.1 km, respectively with corresponding standard deviations of 0.12 MHz and 9.58 km. Overall, 36 % of the auto-scaled results differ from the manually scaled results by the first decimal number. Therefore, future studies should be aware of the quality of auto-scaled parameters obtained via ARTIST5002. Hence, the results of the study recommend the use of manually scaled parameters (if available) for any serious applications.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2013

Sudden enhancements of daytime NmF2 appeared in Anyang ionosonde data during summer seasons in 2006-2007. In order to investigate the causes of this unusual enhancement, we compared Anyang NmF2's with the total electron contents (GPS TECs) observed at Daejeon, and also with ionosonde data at at mid-latitude stations. First, we found no similar increase in Daejeon GPS TEC when the sudden enhancements of Anyang NmF2 occurred. Second, we investigated NmF2's observed at other ionosonde stations that use the same ionosonde model and auto-scaling program as the Anyang ionosonde. We found similar enhancements of NmF2 at these ionosonde stations. Moreover, the analysis of ionograms from Athens and Rome showed that there were sporadic-E layers with high electron density during the enhancements in NmF2. The auto-scaling program (ARTIST 4.5) used seems to recognize sporadic-E layer echoes as a F2 layer trace, resulting in the erroneous critical frequency of F2 layer (foF2). Other versions of the ARTIST scaling program also seem to produce similar erroneous results. Therefore we conclude that the sudden enhancements of NmF2 in Anyang data were due to the misrecognition of sporadic-E echoes as a F-layer by the auto-scaling program. We also noticed that although the scaling program flagged confidence level (C-level) of an ionogram as uncertain when a sporadic-E layer occurs, it still automatically computed erroneous foF2's. Therefore one should check the confidence level before using long term ionosonde data that were produced by an auto-scaling program.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.315-328
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 2003년 10월과 11월에 발생한 강력한 태양활동과 우주환경의 변화에 대한 국내외 관측결과를 분석하였다. 이러한 태양활동은 거대한 흑점군, X급 이상의 강력한 플레어, 연이은 코로나물질 방출(Coronal Mass Ejections: CMEs) 및 프로톤 현상 등으로 특징지어 질 수 있다. 특히 이때 발생한 고속의 CME들은 지구 방향으로 진행하여 매우 강력한 지자기 폭풍을 일으켰다. 미국 해양대기청 우주환경예보센터에서 제시한 우주환경기준(Space Weather Scales)에 따라 국내외 관측 자료를 분석하고 위성 및 통신에 미치는 영향을 예측하였다. 또한 같은 기간동안 우리나라에서 관측된 전리층 총전자함유량(Total Electron Contents: TEC), 오로라, 전리층의 F2 임계주파수, 그리고 아리랑 위성 1호의 궤도자료를 분석함으로서 우주환경변화가 우리나라 상층대기, 위성궤도, 무선통신 등에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2009년도 한국우주과학회보 제18권2호
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• pp.38.1-38.1
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• 2009

In this paper we present the first results of summer-time F region irregularities during low solar condition observed using the Gadanki MST radar. Echoes were observed on all 20 nights of radar observations and were mostly confined to the post-midnight hours. Echo morphology is very different from the equinoxial post-sunset plume-like features reported earlier from Gadanki. Echo SNRs are lower by 25 dB than their equinoxial post-sunset counterpart, and are quite comparable to the equinoxial irregularities in the post-midnight hours, which are essentially the decaying post-sunset irregularities. The Doppler velocities, which lie in the range of $\pm$ 100 m s-1, show upward/northward motion of the irregularities during the initial phase in contrast to the observed predominant downward/southward velocities associated with the decaying equinoxial post-midnight F region irregularities. Spectral widths of the summer echoes, which are well below 50 m s-1 and are very similar to those of the decaying equinoxial irregularities, represent the presence of weak plasma turbulence. Simultaneous observations made using a collocated ionosonde show no ionogram trace during 2200-0530 LT except for a few occasions. Weak frequency type spread F observed during midnight hours occurred without prior occurrence of range spread F. Concurrent ionosonde observations made from magnetic equatorial location Trivandrum also show very similar result and thus no height rise of the F layer during the midnight hours could be monitored. The preliminary analysis suggests that the post-midnight irregularities reported here are mostly freshly generated ones. The observations are discussed in the light of other observational results reported earlier and the current under standing on the post-midnight occurrence F region irregularities in summer.