Open AccessAfter Decades, High-Altitude Observations Revived at Jicamarca
Author(s) -
Mark von Zastrow
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo068501
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , effects of high altitude on humans , geography , meteorology , physical geography , mathematics , geometry
Recent upgrades to the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru allow it to probe electron densities several thousand kilometers above Earth, a feat it hasn't accomplished in 50 years.