• DocumentCode
    634031
  • Title

    Determination of gyro frequency from critical frequency measurements over Parit Raja, Malaysia

  • Author

    Zain, Ahmad Faizal Mohd ; bin Abdullah, Sabirin ; Rhazali, Zeti Akma

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Manuf. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Kuantan, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-3 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    440
  • Lastpage
    443
  • Abstract
    The critical frequencies of the ionosphere are observed from ionograms to determine the gyro frequencies. The ionograms are obtained from the Parit Raja station using an ionosonde at latitude 1° 52´ N and longitude 103° 48´ E which is close to the geomagnetic equator at geographic latitude 5° N. Preliminary results show that the gyro frequencies obtained are between 0.2 MHz and 1.4 MHz.
  • Keywords
    frequency measurement; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; ionospheric techniques; radiowave propagation; Malaysia; Parit Raja station; critical frequency measurements; equatorial region; frequency 0.2 MHz to 1.4 MHz; geographic latitude; geomagnetic equator; gyro frequency determination; ionograms; ionosphere; Conferences; Equations; Frequency measurement; Ionosphere; Ions; Magnetic fields; Wireless communication; critical frequency; equatorial region; gyro frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Space Science and Communication (IconSpace), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melaka
  • ISSN
    2165-4301
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IconSpace.2013.6599512
  • Filename
    6599512