The height of electron content changes in the ionosphere from ATS6 beacon data |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Global Medicines Development, AstraZeneca LLC, Wilmington, DE, USA;2. Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA;3. Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;1. School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;3. Hubei Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Automotive Components (Wuhan University of Technology), Wuhan 430070, China;4. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Automotive Components Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;5. Hubei Research Center for New Energy & Intelligent Connected Vehicle, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China |
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| Abstract: | A technique is described which uses relative changes in Faraday rotation and modulation phase of satellite radio signals to determine the median height of the enhancement (or depletion) in the electron density of the ionosphere. During the post sunrise formation of the F mlayer the incremental layers have a median height of around 210 km (±40) and in the afternoon the decremental median is above the peak at 340 km (±40) on a winter day. A winter night-time enhancement just after midnight appears as a thick layer extending upwards from the peak, with a median height at about 730 km. The method applies to large scale irregularities but not to small, dense, scintillation-causing irregularities for which Faraday and modulation phases do not represent the total electron content. |
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