Remote sensing of high-latitude ionization profiles by ground-based and spaceborne instrumentationIonospheric specification and modeling are now largely based on data provided by active remote sensing with radiowave techniques (ionosondes, incoherent-scatter radars, and satellite beacons). More recently, passive remote sensing techniques have been developed that can be used to monitor quantitatively the spatial distribution of high-latitude E-region ionization. These passive methods depend on the measurement, or inference, of the energy distribution of precipitating kilovolt electrons, the principal source of the nighttime E-region at high latitudes. To validate these techniques, coordinated measurements of the auroral ionosphere have been made with the Chatanika incoherent-scatter radar and a variety of ground-based and spaceborne sensors
Document ID
19820034546
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Vondrak, R. R. (SRI International Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Subject Category
Geophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Symposium on the Effect of the Ionosphere on Radiowave Systems