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High‐altitude incoherent‐scatter measurements at Jicamarca
Author(s) -
Hysell D. L.,
Milla M. A.,
Woodman R. F.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9402
pISSN - 2169-9380
DOI - 10.1002/2016ja023569
Subject(s) - clutter , remote sensing , incoherent scatter , geosynchronous orbit , satellite , ionosonde , observatory , altitude (triangle) , meteorology , computer science , environmental science , geodesy , physics , radar , electron density , geology , electron , telecommunications , mathematics , astronomy , geometry , quantum mechanics
In an attempt to reproduce experimental results obtained in the early days of operations, electron density profiles have been measured at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory at altitudes reaching L =2. The methodology involves using a combination of pulses, including pulses as long as 4 ms, and processing the data with matched filtering. The modern experiments are complicated by systemic, time‐dependent bias in the noise estimators as well as by clutter from satellites and space debris, including a geosynchronous satellite. Ultimately, experiment performance comparable to what was achieved in the original experiments could be achieved and should be surpassed in future experiments when all four of the Jicamarca transmitters will be utilized.