Multifrequency Scintillation in the Polar Caps

• Main Author: Colby, Tate
• Other Authors: 2410791
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Commons 2022
• Subjects: Scintillation; Polar cap; Ionosphere; Plasma density; CERTO; CHAIN; RISR; Other Astrophysics and Astronomy; Arctic; Canada; Resolute Bay; Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network
• Online Access: https://commons.erau.edu/edt/691; https://commons.erau.edu/context/edt/article/1721/viewcontent/ColbyT_Thesis_signed.pdf

In the ionosphere, plasma density structures with scales sizes ranging from a few centimeters to hundreds of kilometers are capable of modifying the phase and amplitude of a radio signal in a rapid random manner in a process called scintillation. The Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography (CERTO)...