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The ionospheric delay gradient is an important parameter for the planning of ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) in a region. When it is beyond the limit, the integrity and safety for landing approach of CAT II/III may be compromised. In order to maintain the availability and safety requirement of the system, the ionospheric threat models have been developed in several countries during the past few years. However, the ionospheric delay gradient associated with plasma bubble in low latitude region has not been studied well. In this work, we present some analytical results of ionospheric delay gradient based on three GPS monitoring stations near Suvarnabhumi airport in Thailand. The stations are located on the campus of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (13.7278°N, 100.7726°E), Stamford University (13.7356°N, 100.6612°E) and Suvarnabhumi airport (13.6945°N, 100.7608°E). The analyzed results on 1st September 2011 show that the ionospheric delay gradient varies from −95.23 to 107.7 mm/km during the occurrence of the plasma bubbles.
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The authors are grateful to Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, KMITL and Stamford International University for providing the location and facilities for the GPS receiver installation. This work is partially funded by National Research Council of Thailand and KMITL Research Fund.
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Rungraengwajiake, S., Supnithi, P., Saito, S., Siansawasdi, N., Saekow, A. (2014). Study of Ionospheric Delay Gradient Based on GPS Monitoring Stations Near Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand. In: Air Traffic Management and Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 290. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54475-3_11
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