Scintillation event list database produced for "Multiyear Detection, Classification and Hypothesis of Ionospheric Layer Causing GNSS Scintillation"

Database produced for and associated with journal article https://doi.org/10.1029/2021RS007328

This database contains scintillation events identified by the "Detect, Classify, Hypothesize" method as described in the journal article. 

Created by Datta-Barua, Seebany.

Open Access License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Sheets labeled "S*_yyyy_freq" contain a list of scintillation events based on data from the SAGA array.

For S* the abbreviations are:
"SP": sigma phi index, i.e., phase scintillation events

"S4": S4 index, i.e., amplitude scintillation events

"SPS4": sigma phi and S4, i.e., both-phase-and-amplitude events

yyyy indicates the four-digit year, from 2014 through 2019

freq:
"L1CA": refers to GPS L1 frequency 1575 MHz

"L2CL": refers to GPS L2C frequency 1227 MHz

In each sheet "S*_yyyy_freq" the columns are:

Column A:
Year (2014-2019)

Column B:
day of year (1-366)

Column C:
frequency (1 for L1, 2 for L2C)

Column D:
GPS satellite PRN (1-32)

Column E:
Scintillation start UT hour (0-23)

Column F:
Scintillation start UT minute (0-59)

Column G:
Scintillation end UT hour (0-23)

Column H:
Scintillation end UT minute (0-59)

Column I:
number of receivers operational (4-6)

Column J:
PFISR-based hypothesized layer (1-7, as described below)

1:
E layer (majority peak height < 150 km)

2:
F layer (majority peak height > 195 km)

3:
T layer (150 < majority peak height < 195 km)

4:
I layer (no majority layer)

5:
"N"- no Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar (PFISR) long pulse data and no alternating code data

6:
"NLP" - no PFISR long pulse

7:
"NAC" - no PFISR alternating code

A blank sheet indicates that there were no events of that type and at that frequency found in that year.