Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method

Space weather phenomena cause satellite to ground or satellite to aircraft transmission outages over the VHF to L-band frequency range, particularly in the low latitude region. Global Positioning System (GPS) is primarily susceptible to this form of space weather. Faulty GPS signals are attributed t...

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Main Authors: D. Venkata Ratnam, G. Vindhya, J.R.K. Kumar Dabbakuti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-09-01
Series:Geodesy and Geodynamics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674984717300101
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author D. Venkata Ratnam
G. Vindhya
J.R.K. Kumar Dabbakuti
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G. Vindhya
J.R.K. Kumar Dabbakuti
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description Space weather phenomena cause satellite to ground or satellite to aircraft transmission outages over the VHF to L-band frequency range, particularly in the low latitude region. Global Positioning System (GPS) is primarily susceptible to this form of space weather. Faulty GPS signals are attributed to ionospheric error, which is a function of Total Electron Content (TEC). Importantly, precise forecasts of space weather conditions and appropriate hazard observant cautions required for ionospheric space weather observations are limited. In this paper, a fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method has been proposed to forecast the ionospheric TEC values. In this technique, membership functions have been tuned based on the gradient descent estimated values. The proposed algorithm has been tested with the TEC data of two geomagnetic storms in the low latitude station of KL University, Guntur, India (16.44°N, 80.62°E). It has been found that the gradient descent method performs well and the predicted TEC values are close to the original TEC measurements.
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spelling doaj.art-159e8767f7594b14af5cae95eaa9c3942022-12-21T22:11:29ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Geodesy and Geodynamics1674-98472017-09-018530531010.1016/j.geog.2017.05.003Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent methodD. Venkata RatnamG. VindhyaJ.R.K. Kumar DabbakutiSpace weather phenomena cause satellite to ground or satellite to aircraft transmission outages over the VHF to L-band frequency range, particularly in the low latitude region. Global Positioning System (GPS) is primarily susceptible to this form of space weather. Faulty GPS signals are attributed to ionospheric error, which is a function of Total Electron Content (TEC). Importantly, precise forecasts of space weather conditions and appropriate hazard observant cautions required for ionospheric space weather observations are limited. In this paper, a fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method has been proposed to forecast the ionospheric TEC values. In this technique, membership functions have been tuned based on the gradient descent estimated values. The proposed algorithm has been tested with the TEC data of two geomagnetic storms in the low latitude station of KL University, Guntur, India (16.44°N, 80.62°E). It has been found that the gradient descent method performs well and the predicted TEC values are close to the original TEC measurements.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674984717300101GPSGradient descent methodTEC
spellingShingle D. Venkata Ratnam
G. Vindhya
J.R.K. Kumar Dabbakuti
Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method
Geodesy and Geodynamics
GPS
Gradient descent method
TEC
title Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method
title_full Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method
title_fullStr Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method
title_full_unstemmed Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method
title_short Ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic-based gradient descent method
title_sort ionospheric forecasting model using fuzzy logic based gradient descent method
topic GPS
Gradient descent method
TEC
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674984717300101
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