A statistical analysis on the effect of calculation interval length and data acquisition rate on the determination of scintillation indices
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jayachandran, P.T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Labuschagne, Neline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-28T14:33:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-28T14:33:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this thesis, the influence of the calculation interval length of scintillation indices calculated on Global Position System (GPS) signals, recorded at 100 Hz by high-latitude stations, is investigated and compared to results calculated at the commonly used 60 s calculation interval length. Individual cases and the statistics of multiple events, identified over a period of 16 months, are compared. I conclude that calculation intervals as small as 30 s yield results comparable to those obtained with a 60 s calculation interval. The acquisition rate of signals recorded by GNSS receivers is also investigated. High-rate receivers can resolve higher-frequency signal components, which are not predicted to be significant by theoretical scintillation models. An analysis of scintillation indices calculated on artificially decimated signals, emulating a lower receiver sampling rate, is performed. It is found that receiver sampling rates much lower than 100 Hz fully capture the features of scintillation events. | |
| dc.description.copyright | © Neline Labuschagne, 2023 | |
| dc.format.extent | xi, 128 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37569 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Physics | |
| dc.title | A statistical analysis on the effect of calculation interval length and data acquisition rate on the determination of scintillation indices | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Physics | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.Sc. |