Kriging method to perform scintillation maps based on measurement and GISM model

Abstract

This paper presents an ionosphere scintillation mapping algorithm. The technique used is a Kriging technique, well known in geostatistics. It is an interpolation method applied to a set of random data, namely, in this application, to the intensity scintillation (S4) index. The paper focuses on the importance of the regression model used in the algorithm. The one-dimensional and then the two-dimensional problems have been investigated. One example of results combining measurement data recorded by two different networks in Peru is presented. The accuracy of the results has been verified using a cross-validation technique, which consists in removing part of the known data set and comparing the interpolated results to it. Key Points Kriging algorithm to interpolate dataScintillation map generation