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total electron content
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The level 5 TEC data are derived following a method described in
details by Mouginot et al. Planetary Space Science, V56, 2008.
The correction method consists in finding the three parameters [ a1 ; a2 ; a3 ]
defining the signal distortion phase Δφ induced by the ionosphere.
In the time domain, the ionosphere distortion generates a delay and a spreading
of the radar pulse. It is clearly visible on MARSIS radargram without correction.
A by-product of the ionospheric correction is the TEC, that can be easily obtained
from the [ a1 ; a2 ; a3 ] parameters. [ a1 ; a2 ; a3 ] are
investigated in ordrer to get Δφ with the best SNR As initial conditions for this
optimization, we use the parameters fitting with a simplified Gaussian
density-profile of the ionosphere.
Then the optimization is done by using the following constraints:
* A constraint on the vertical position of the surface echo estimated with the digital elevation model MOLA.
* A constraint on the SNR. The signal amplitude must be maximal after correction.
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MARSIS TEC documentation
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Data Quality Description :
* -1: percentage of low SNR data not available
* 0: no low SNR data
* 1: less than 25% low SNR data
* 2: less than 50% low SNR data
* 3: less than 75% low SNR data
* 4: more than 75% low SNR data
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Total electron content derived from the ionosphere
distortion correction
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