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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Probing the high latitude ionosphere from ground-based observations: The state of current knowledge and capabilities during IPY (2007-2009)
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 70, No. 18, Year 2008
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During the International Polar Year (IPY), one area of great interest is co-coordinated, multi-instrument probing of the ionosphere at high latitudes. This region is important not only for the applications that rely upon our understanding of it, but also because it contains the footprints of processes that have their origin in the interplanetary space. Many different techniques are now available for probing the ionosphere, from radar measurements to the analysis of very low frequency (VLF) wave paths. Combining these methods provides the ability to study the ionosphere from high in the F-region to the bottom of the D-layer. Thus, coupling processes from the magnetosphere and to the neutral atmosphere can be considered. An additional dimension is through comparisons of the response of the two polar ionospheres to similar (or the same) geomagnetic activity. With more instruments available at the South Pole inter-hemispheric, studies have become easier to accomplish such that a fuller picture of the global response to Sun-Earth coupling can be painted. This paper presents a review of the current state of knowledge in ionospheric probing. It cannot provide a comprehensive guide of the work to date due to the scale of the topic. Rather it is intended to give an overview of the techniques and recent results from some of the instruments and facilities that are a part of the IPY cluster 63-Heliosphere Impact on Geospace. In this way it is hoped that the reader will gain a flavor of the recent research performed in this area and the potential for continuing collaboration and capabilities during the IPY (2007-2009). © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Alfonsi, Lucilla
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome
Kavanagh, Andrew
United Kingdom, Lancaster
Lancaster University
Amata, Ermanno
Italy, Rome
Istituto Di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario, Rome
Cilliers, Pierre J.
South Africa, Hermanus
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory
Correia, Emilia S.
Brazil, Sao Jose Dos Campos
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Freeman, Mervyn
United Kingdom, Cambridge
British Antarctic Survey
Kauristie, Kirsti
Finland, Helsinki
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Liu, Ruiyuan
China, Shanghai
Polar Research Institute of China
Luntama, Juha Pekka
Finland, Helsinki
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Mitchell, Cathryn N.
United Kingdom, Bath
University of Bath
Zherebtsov, G. A.
Russian Federation, Irkutsk
Institute of Solar-terrestrial Physics sb Ras
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Citations: 30
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.013
ISSN:
13646826