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Ionospheric electron content across the Antarctic continent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2004

G. O. L. Jones ,
L. Kersley ,
J. A. T. Heaton ,
L. Ciraolo  and
P. Spalla
G. O. L. Jones
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK, E-mail: o.jones@bas.ac.uk
L. Kersley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK
J. A. T. Heaton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK
L. Ciraolo
Affiliation:
Instituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche (IROE-CNR), Firenze, Italy
P. Spalla
Affiliation:
Instituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche (IROE-CNR), Firenze, Italy
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Abstract

Observations of satellite passes monitored at Halley and Terra Nova Bay have been combined to produce for the first time measurements of ionospheric electron content spanning the Antarctic continent. Results are presented from a sequence of four successive passes made during a period of some two hours that illustrate the development of the ionosphere over this wide spatial region. The observations are discussed in terms of the convective behaviour of the ionization, using results from the PACE radar and a standard model of the plasma flow.

Keywords

ionosphereplasma convectionsatellite transmissionstotal electron content
Type
Papers—Atmospheric Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 493 - 501
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1998

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