Research on VLF Method Forecasting of Satellite Navigation and
Communication Environment
Abstract
Solar flares are the most violent outbursts that occur in localized
regions of the solar atmosphere. They emit large amounts of X-rays and
energetic particles. X-rays reaching the earth at the speed of light
will disrupt the calm ionospheric environment, causing sudden
ionospheric disturbance (SID), which will make the very low frequency
(VLF) signal to sudden phase anomaly (SPA), lead to the positioning
error of satellite navigation system and interfere with satellite
communication. Energetic particles will arrive near the satellite orbit
in 1-3 days, causing direct damage to the satellite. They may also cause
geomagnetic storms after reaching the Earth. In this paper, we mainly
study to monitor solar activity and calculate solar flare class through
the phase variation of VLF signal by combining the theory of VLF
waveguide mode in order to forecast the environment of satellite
navigation and communication. In addition, it can also predict the
energetic particles and geomagnetic storms 1-3 days in advance according
to the time and class of flare outbreak, so that the protective measures
for satellite to operate safely could be taken in advance.