Past, present and future of active radio frequency experiments in space

AV Streltsov, JJ Berthelier, AA Chernyshov… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Active ionospheric experiments using high-power, high-frequency transmitters,“heaters”, to
study plasma processes in the ionosphere and magnetosphere continue to provide new …

An analysis of the scale heights in the lower topside ionosphere based on the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar measurements

L Liu, H Le, W Wan, MP Sulzer, J Lei… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We statistically analyze the ionospheric scale heights in the lower topside ionosphere based
on the electron density (Ne) and temperature profiles observed from the incoherent scatter …

Horizontal parameters of daytime thermospheric gravity waves and E region neutral winds over Puerto Rico

MJ Nicolls, SL Vadas, N Aponte… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We report on the electron density perturbation amplitudes, periods (up to 60 min), horizontal
and vertical wavelengths, phase speeds, and propagation directions of daytime traveling …

ScintPi: A low‐cost, easy‐to‐build GPS ionospheric scintillation monitor for DASI studies of space weather, education, and citizen science initiatives

FS Rodrigues, AO Moraes - Earth and Space Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We report the proposal and results of a low‐cost, easy‐to‐build GPS‐based sensor for
detection and monitoring ionospheric irregularities through the detection of amplitude …

Validation of ionospheric electron density measurements derived from Spire CubeSat constellation

VV Forsythe, T Duly, D Hampton, V Nguyen - Radio Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Commercial Global Navigation Satellite System radio occultation ionospheric
measurements collected by the Spire CubeSat constellation could significantly improve the …

Variations of topside ionospheric scale heights over Millstone Hill during the 30-day incoherent scatter radar experiment

L Liu, W Wan, ML Zhang, B Ning… - Annales …, 2007 - angeo.copernicus.org
A 30-day incoherent scatter radar (ISR) experiment was conducted at Millstone Hill (288.5°
E, 42.6° N) from 4 October to 4 November 2002. The altitude profiles of electron density N e …

Long-Term Observations of the Thermospheric 6 h Oscillation Revealed by an Incoherent Scatter Radar over Arecibo

Y Gong, Y Ding, X Chen, S Zhang, Q Zhou, Z Ma… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
We present an analysis of 6 h oscillations in the thermosphere ranging from 150 km to 400
km. The analysis applies 134 days of data from an incoherent scatter radar located at …

Atmospheric tides in the low‐latitude E and F regions and their responses to a sudden stratospheric warming event in January 2010

Y Gong, Q Zhou, S Zhang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An extensive analysis of atmospheric tides in the low‐latitude thermosphere and their
responses to a major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event (18–23 January 2010) is …

Comparison of COSMIC occultation-based electron density profiles and TIP observations with Arecibo incoherent scatter radar data

MC Kelley, VK Wong, N Aponte, C Coker… - Radio …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In June 2006 an early opportunity arose to compare occultation-based electron density
profiles with incoherent scatter radar data. The former were made available by the …

Measurements of F1‐ Region Ionosphere State Variables at Arecibo Through Quasi Height‐Independent Exhaustive Fittings of the Incoherent Scatter Ion‐Line …

Y Li, Q Zhou - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We discuss an exhaustive search approach to fit the incoherent scatter spectrum (ISS) in the
F1‐region for molecular ion fraction (fm), ion temperature (Ti), and electron temperature (Te) …