Digisonde at Sondrestrom to Monitor the Ionospheric Polar Cap and Cusp Region

Abstract

In July 1989, the Air Force meridional chain of Digisondes was completed by the installation of a system in Sondrestromfjord, Greenland (66.98 deg N, 50.94 deg W). In this report we describe the Sondrestrom site and instrument, and the relationship between Sondrestrom and the other AF sites. We also established the importance of this site by describing its geophysically unique features. Finally, some of the first measurements from Sondrestrom are presented, and interpreted in terms of high latitude features. Keywords: Geomagnetism; Plasmas physics drift; Magnetosphere; Ionosphere; Polar cap; Ionosondes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230705

Entities

People

  • B. W. Reinisch
  • David F. Kitrosser
  • Geoffrey Crowley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Calibration
  • Convection
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Doppler Effect
  • Frequency
  • Geophysics
  • High Latitudes
  • Ionograms
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Polar Cap
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.