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The regional ionospheric models are successful in capturing the variability of ionosphere with the inclusion of local ground-based GPS observations and location dependent ionospheric dynamics. In this context, there is a need to develop regional ionospheric maps that aids in improving the consistency of global models. In this paper, an attempt is made to understand the potentiality of multi-instrument observations over Indian region. Four different Total Electron Content (TEC) data sources namely from network of GPS receivers, Ionosonde stations, space based COSMIC radio occultation profiles and SWARM mission data is utilized. The multi-source data is chosen for the geo-magnetic storm conditions prevailed during March 2015. Data from multiple-sources is observed over the period from 15th March 2015 to 20th March 2015. Validation of ground and space-based TEC data with International GNSS service (IGS) station data is significantly observed.
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The authors would like to thank Director/Space Application Center (SAC)/ Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for providing ground-based GPS receivers data from GAGAN network. The IGS data utilized are acquired from NASA Earth Science Data Systems that were archived and distributed by the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS). The FORMOSAT3/COSMIC radio occultation data are obtained from COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center (CDAAC) at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) (https://cdaac-www.cosmic.ucar.edu/cdaac/products.html). We are grateful to the European Space Agency for VirES, a web based graphical user interface for providing the SWARM data (https://vires.services/). Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Balloon facility, Hyderabad for providing Ionosonde station data and personally thank Mr. Santosh Koli for maintaining the CADI instrument. The authors like to thank National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India for providing Ionosonde data sets. The present work has been carried out under the project titled ‘Development of Ionospheric TEC Data Assimilation Model based on Kalman Filter using Ground and Space based GNSS and Ionosonde Observations’ sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)/ECR/2015/000410.
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Vishnu Vardhan, A., Babu Sree Harsha, P., Venkata Ratnam, D. et al. Low latitude ionospheric response to March 2015 geomagnetic storm using multi-instrument TEC observations over India. Astrophys Space Sci 365, 187 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-020-03900-8
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