Title :
Multi-instrument observations of an MSTID over Arecibo Observatory
Author :
J. H. Klenzing;I. Şeker;R. F. Pfaff;D. E. Rowland;S. F. Fung;J. D. Mathews
Author_Institution :
Heliophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Abstract :
The Penn State All-Sky Imager (PSASI) at Arecibo Observatory provides planar horizontal context to the vertical ionospheric profiles obtained by the Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR). Electric field measurements from the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS) satellite are mapped down geomagnetic field lines to the height of the airglow layer, allowing multi-instrument studies of field-aligned irregularities with radar, imager, and satellite. A Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance (MSTID) was observed during such a conjunction near the December solstice of 2009.
Keywords :
"Satellites","Observatories","Magnetic resonance imaging","Extraterrestrial measurements","Radar imaging","Spaceborne radar"
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5117-3
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050874
