An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing
This paper describes the main updates characterizing the new version of IONORT (IONOsperic Ray Tracing), a software tool developed at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia to determine both the path of a high frequency (HF) radio wave propagating in the ionospheric medium, and the group tim...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2023-10-01
|
| Series: | Remote Sensing |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/21/5111 |
| _version_ | 1827765443850403840 |
|---|---|
| author | Marco Pietrella Michael Pezzopane Alessandro Pignatelli Alessio Pignalberi Alessandro Settimi |
| author_facet | Marco Pietrella Michael Pezzopane Alessandro Pignatelli Alessio Pignalberi Alessandro Settimi |
| author_sort | Marco Pietrella |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper describes the main updates characterizing the new version of IONORT (IONOsperic Ray Tracing), a software tool developed at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia to determine both the path of a high frequency (HF) radio wave propagating in the ionospheric medium, and the group time delay of the wave itself along the path. One of the main changes concerns the replacement of a regional three-dimensional electron density matrix, which was previously taken as input to represent the ionosphere, with a global one. Therefore, it is now possible to carry out different ray tracings from whatever point of the Earth’s surface, simply by selecting suitable loop cycles thanks to the new ray tracing graphical user interface (GUI). At the same time, thanks to a homing GUI, it is also possible to generate synthetic oblique ionograms for whatever radio link chosen by the user. Both ray tracing and homing GUIs will be described in detail providing at the same time some practical examples of their use for different regions. IONORT software finds practical application in the planning of HF radio links, exploiting the sky wave, through an accurate and thorough knowledge of the ionospheric medium. HF radio waves users, including broadcasting and civil aviation, would benefit from the use of the IONORT software (version 2023.10). |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-11T11:21:59Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-0a466eb348da4009b58a07864146b507 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2072-4292 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-11T11:21:59Z |
| publishDate | 2023-10-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Remote Sensing |
| spelling | doaj.art-0a466eb348da4009b58a07864146b5072023-11-10T15:11:04ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-10-011521511110.3390/rs15215111An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray TracingMarco Pietrella0Michael Pezzopane1Alessandro Pignatelli2Alessio Pignalberi3Alessandro Settimi4Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, ItalyIstituto di Istruzione Superiore Statale (I.I.S.S.) “J. von Neumann” RMIS022001, 00143 Rome, ItalyThis paper describes the main updates characterizing the new version of IONORT (IONOsperic Ray Tracing), a software tool developed at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia to determine both the path of a high frequency (HF) radio wave propagating in the ionospheric medium, and the group time delay of the wave itself along the path. One of the main changes concerns the replacement of a regional three-dimensional electron density matrix, which was previously taken as input to represent the ionosphere, with a global one. Therefore, it is now possible to carry out different ray tracings from whatever point of the Earth’s surface, simply by selecting suitable loop cycles thanks to the new ray tracing graphical user interface (GUI). At the same time, thanks to a homing GUI, it is also possible to generate synthetic oblique ionograms for whatever radio link chosen by the user. Both ray tracing and homing GUIs will be described in detail providing at the same time some practical examples of their use for different regions. IONORT software finds practical application in the planning of HF radio links, exploiting the sky wave, through an accurate and thorough knowledge of the ionospheric medium. HF radio waves users, including broadcasting and civil aviation, would benefit from the use of the IONORT software (version 2023.10).https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/21/5111ionospheric HF ray tracinghomingthree-dimensional electron densityIRI modelISP modeloblique sounding |
| spellingShingle | Marco Pietrella Michael Pezzopane Alessandro Pignatelli Alessio Pignalberi Alessandro Settimi An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing Remote Sensing ionospheric HF ray tracing homing three-dimensional electron density IRI model ISP model oblique sounding |
| title | An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing |
| title_full | An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing |
| title_fullStr | An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing |
| title_short | An Updating of the IONORT Tool to Perform a High-Frequency Ionospheric Ray Tracing |
| title_sort | updating of the ionort tool to perform a high frequency ionospheric ray tracing |
| topic | ionospheric HF ray tracing homing three-dimensional electron density IRI model ISP model oblique sounding |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/21/5111 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT marcopietrella anupdatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT michaelpezzopane anupdatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT alessandropignatelli anupdatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT alessiopignalberi anupdatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT alessandrosettimi anupdatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT marcopietrella updatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT michaelpezzopane updatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT alessandropignatelli updatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT alessiopignalberi updatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing AT alessandrosettimi updatingoftheionorttooltoperformahighfrequencyionosphericraytracing |