Imaging and Forecasting of Ionospheric Structures and Their System Impacts
Abstract
The coordinated South American ionospheric measurement campaign, COPEX was held from October through December, 2002. Analysis of the sounder data from the equatorial site at Cachimbo, Brazil reinforced the general understanding of the difficulty in predicting the onset of spread F on any particular night Measurement of sporadic E formation at the magnetic field footprint in the anomaly regions provided no insight into the spread F formation problem. RPI/IMAGE reception of groundbased VLF transmissions in space over a period of two years was used to determine the efficiency for generating whistler mode waves that propagate along the magnetic field to the satellite. These results are compared with AFRL ray tracing simulations. Extensive analysis was carried out on the use of VLF/LF transmissions from a space platform to interact with high energy trapped electrons in the plasmasphere and scatter them so that they cannot cause damage to low earth orbiting satellites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 05, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA424402
Entities
People
- B. W. Reinisch
- Gary Sales
Organizations
- University of Massachusetts Lowell