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ALTAIR incoherent scatter observations of the equatorial daytime ionosphere
Author(s) -
Kudeki Erhan,
Milla Marco,
Friedrich Martin,
Lehmacher Gerald,
Sponseller Dale
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2005gl025180
Subject(s) - daytime , ionosphere , electron density , physics , incoherent scatter , rocket (weapon) , atmospheric sciences , geophysics , electron , f region , flux (metallurgy) , geology , altitude (triangle) , geodesy , geometry , geography , materials science , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
The first high‐resolution electron density maps of the low‐latitude D‐ and E‐region ionosphere in the Pacific sector acquired with ALTAIR UHF measurements are presented. The electron density data were collected in connection with a rocket based common volume experiment described by Friedrich et al. (2006). The observed phenomena in the density maps include E‐region density layers of tidal origin, shorter lived layers with small vertical scales, and lower E‐region electron density enhancement in response to enhanced X‐ray flux.