Ionospheric Modelling using GPS to Calibrate the MWA. II: Regional ionospheric modelling using GPS and GLONASS to estimate ionospheric gradients
B. S. Arora, J. Morgan, S. M. Ord, S. J. Tingay, M. Bell, J. R. Callingham, K. S. Dwarakanath, B. -Q. For, P. Hancock, L. Hindson, N. Hurley-Walker, M. Johnston… 展开作者
B. S. Arora, J. Morgan, S. M. Ord, S. J. Tingay, M. Bell, J. R. Callingham, K. S. Dwarakanath, B. -Q. For, P. Hancock, L. Hindson, N. Hurley-Walker, M. Johnston-Hollitt, A. D. Kapinska, E. Lenc, B. McKinley, A. R. Offringa, P. Procopio, L. Staveley-Smith, R. B. Wayth, C. Wu, Q. Zheng
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15 pages, 12 Figures, paper accepted for publication in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA)
We estimate spatial gradients in the ionosphere using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS (Russian global navigation system) observations, utilising data from multiple GPS stations in the vicinity of Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). In previous work the ionosphere was characterised using a single-station to model the ionosphere as a single layer of fixed height and this was compared with ionospheric data derived from radio astronomy observations obtained from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). Having made improvements to our data quality (via cycle slip detection and repair) and incorporating data from the GLONASS system, we now present a multi-station approach. These two developments significantly improve our modelling of the ionosphere. We also explore the effects of a variable-height model. We conclude that modelling the small-scale features in the ionosphere that have been observed with the MWA will require a much denser network of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations than is currently available at the MRO.
Separating Nightside Interplanetary and Ionospheric Scintillation with LOFAR
由于必须使用低射频,电离层引起的闪烁可能会混淆行星际贡献,因此对地球轨道以外的行星际闪烁(IPS)进行观测可能具有挑战性。Kaplan { \it et al}(2015)最近发表的一篇论文介绍了使用Murchison宽场阵列(MWA)进行的观测,报告了在其视场内两个射电源上的夜侧IPS的证据。然而,所使用的2.s的低时间节奏可能会使IPS信号达到平均值,从而导致合理的假设,即闪烁更有可能起源于电离层。为了验证或以其他方式这一假设,这封信使用的IPS的观察,在一个高的时间节奏,使用低频阵列(LOFAR)。将这些平均为与MWA观测相同,我们证明MWA结果与IPS一致,尽管不能排除电离层的一些贡献。这些LOFAR观测代表了第一个使用LOFAR的夜侧IPS,太阳风的速度与一个观测中的缓慢太阳风流一致,而另一个观测中预计会观测到CME。
A Formalism for Calibrating the Instrumental Polarization of Radio Interferometric Arrays at Meter Wavelengths using Unpolarized Sky: A Demonstration using the MWA Observations
Indian Institute of Technology Indore(印度印多尔理工学院);Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität(慕尼黑大学);Indian Institute of Geomagnetism(印度地磁研究所);Institute of Astronomy Space and Earth Science(天体物理、空间与地球科学研究所)
Murchison Widefield Array Observations of Anomalous Variability: A Serendipitous Night-time Detection of Interplanetary Scintillation
我们目前的观测高振幅快速(2秒)的变化对两个明亮的,紧凑的河外射电源的几百个最明亮的无线电源中的一个30x30度MWA时代的再电离场使用默奇森宽场阵列(MWA)在155 MHz。在拒绝内在的,仪器,电离层的起源,我们认为最有可能的解释,这种变化是行星际闪烁(IPS),可能是一个大的日冕物质抛射从太阳传播的结果。这一点可以通过Ooty射电望远镜大致同期的观测得到证实。我们看到了从1e6公里的空间尺度上的结构的证据<1000 km to >。这些探测的偶然夜间性质说明了MWA为IPS研究开放的新机制,具有灵敏的夜间,宽场,低频观测。这一制度补充了传统的专门观测入侵防御系统的战略,并可实时用于促进专门的后续观测。与此同时,尽管阵列的分辨率为2弧分,但它允许对低频射电源中的紧凑(弧秒)结构进行大规模调查。