A review of GPS/GLONASS studies of the ionospheric response to natural and anthropogenic processes and phenomena

The article is a review of studies of ionospheric effects carried out in ISTP SB RAS. The main
results of GPS/GLONASS radio sounding of ionospheric disturbances of natural and
anthropogenic origin are presented. The article is devoted to ionospheric effects of solar eclipses,
solar flares, solar terminator, earthquakes, tropical cyclones, large-scale ionospheric disturbances
of auroral origin, rocket launches. Dynamics of global electron content analysis is also presented.
The special attention is paid on the influence of solar flares and ionospheric irregularities on GPS
and GLONASS performance. The work is a tribute to the leader of GNSS-monitoring workgroup
Prof. E.L. Afraimovich (12 March 1940–8 November 2009).

Edward L. Afraimovich, Elvira I. Astafyeva, Vladislav V. Demyanov, Ilya K. Edemskiy, Nadezhda S. Gavrilyuk, Artem B. Ishin, Eugene A. Kosogorov, Lyudmila A. Leonovich, Oleg S. Lesyuta, Kirill S. Palamartchouk, Natalia P. Perevalova, Anna S. Polyakova, Gennadyi Y. Smolkov, Sergey V. Voeykov, Yury V. Yasyukevic*, Ilya V. Zhivetiev. A review of GPS/GLONASS studies of the ionospheric response to natural and anthropogenic processes and phenomena. // J. Space Weather Space Clim. V. 3, A27, 2013. DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2013049F