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Ionospheric Measurements by Means of the Early Bird Geostationary Satellite
Author(s) -
Checcacci P. F.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds19661101154
Subject(s) - noon , ionosphere , geostationary orbit , scintillation , faraday effect , satellite , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , diurnal temperature variation , total electron content , interplanetary scintillation , slab , airglow , geodesy , remote sensing , geology , physics , tec , optics , astronomy , geophysics , magnetic field , coronal mass ejection , quantum mechanics , detector , solar wind
The VHF emission of the Early Bird geostationary satellite during the period June 23 to July 9, 1965, has been used for ionospheric measurements at Florence, Italy (43°48' N, 11°13' E). Electron content daily variation curves obtained from Faraday rotation measurements show a maximum‐to‐ minimum ratio of about 5. The equivalent slab thickness ranges from 140 to 310 km. The scintillation occurrence shows maxima at night and at noon.