{"title":"A Self-Calibration O/X-Mode Separation Method for Ionosonde","authors":"Haotian Hu;Tongxin Liu;Guobin Yang;Chongzhe Lao;Chunhua Jiang","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2024.3522886","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Radio waves in the ionosphere propagate in two modes: ordinary (O) and extraordinary (X). Accurate parameter inversion necessitates their separation. This letter proposes a self-calibrating O/X-mode separation method. By focusing on the higher-frequency branches beyond the overlap point of the F2 layer O/X traces, a direct iterative optimization method is used to determine phase-shift and amplitude compensation parameters for mode synthesis. By tracking diurnal variation characteristics of ionograms and extrapolating predictions, the parameters across the whole frequency bands can be determined. Comparing with the traditional separation method, this method is independent of antenna type and alignment, requires no internal or external calibration source, and can provide real-time calibration updates.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 4","pages":"953-957"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10816484/","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Radio waves in the ionosphere propagate in two modes: ordinary (O) and extraordinary (X). Accurate parameter inversion necessitates their separation. This letter proposes a self-calibrating O/X-mode separation method. By focusing on the higher-frequency branches beyond the overlap point of the F2 layer O/X traces, a direct iterative optimization method is used to determine phase-shift and amplitude compensation parameters for mode synthesis. By tracking diurnal variation characteristics of ionograms and extrapolating predictions, the parameters across the whole frequency bands can be determined. Comparing with the traditional separation method, this method is independent of antenna type and alignment, requires no internal or external calibration source, and can provide real-time calibration updates.
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWP Letters) is devoted to the rapid electronic publication of short manuscripts in the technical areas of Antennas and Wireless Propagation. These are areas of competence for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S). AWPL aims to be one of the "fastest" journals among IEEE publications. This means that for papers that are eventually accepted, it is intended that an author may expect his or her paper to appear in IEEE Xplore, on average, around two months after submission.