New Insights in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Monitoring and Modeling

Dear Colleagues,

The objective of this Special Issue is to highlight the latest and novel contributions of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)-derived data to the monitoring, modeling and study of the upper ionized region of the Earth’s atmosphere: the ionosphere. The ionosphere has become a key player in our everyday communications and navigation systems. Radio and GNSS signals travel through this layer of the atmosphere to reach their destinations being disrupted by changes in the ionosphere’s density and its composition. The increasing number of openly available ground- and space-based GNSS observations from current and planned observing systems, as well as distributed arrays of small instruments open new opportunities for deepening the research of the ionosphere and consolidating knowledge on the physics principles governing it.

This Special Issue aims to publish studies covering different uses of GNSS data acquired by different sensors and platforms, but also analysis and modeling techniques for a better understanding of the ionospheric processes. Hence, multisource data integration, multiscale approaches or studies focused on ionospheric weather services monitoring, among other issues, are welcome. Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Algorithm and methodology development for ionospheric determination;
• GNSS-based ionospheric observing, monitoring and modeling at different scales (local, regional and global);
• GNSS techniques for ionospheric space weather services;
• GNSS techniques in high accuracy positioning;
• Data analysis techniques and modeling that extend the capability of current observing systems are also welcome.

Dr. Angela Aragón-Ángel
Guest Editor

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