Probing the high latitude ionosphere from ground-based observations: The state of current knowledge and capabilities during IPY (2007–2009)

• Published in: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• Main Authors: Alfonsi, Lu., Kavanagh, A. J., Amata, E., Cilliers, P., Correia, E., Freeman, M., Kauristie, K., Liu, R., Luntama, J.-P., Mitchell, C. N., Zherebtsov, G. A.
• Other Authors: Alfonsi, Lu.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Kavanagh, A. J.; Space Plasma Environment and Radio Science Group, Department of Communication Systems, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4WA, UK, Amata, E.; Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario I.N.A.F., Via del fosso del cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy, Cilliers, P.; Hermanus Magnetic Observatory (HMO), P.O. Box 32, Hermanus, South Africa, Correia, E.; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil and Centro de Rádio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie (CRAAM), Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Rua da Consolação 930, CEP: 01302-907 São Paulo, Brazil, Freeman, M.; British Antarctic Survey, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK, Kauristie, K.; Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palménin aukio 1, Helsinki, Finland, Liu, R.; Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China, Luntama, J.-P.; Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palménin aukio 1, Helsinki, Finland, Mitchell, C. N.; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK, Zherebtsov, G. A.; Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Irkutsk, Russia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Space Plasma Environment and Radio Science Group, Department of Communication Systems, InfoLab 21, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4WA, UK, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario I.N.A.F., Via del fosso del cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy, Hermanus Magnetic Observatory (HMO), P.O. Box 32, Hermanus, South Africa, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil and Centro de Rádio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie (CRAAM), Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Rua da Consolação 930, CEP: 01302-907 São Paulo, Brazil, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palménin aukio 1, Helsinki, Finland, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Irkutsk, Russia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2008
• Subjects: Polar ionosphere; International polar year; Conjugacy; Interhemispheric studies; 01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.02. Dynamics; 01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.06. Instruments and techniques; 05. General::05.07. Space and Planetary sciences::05.07.01. Solar-terrestrial interaction; 05. General::05.07. Space and Planetary sciences::05.07.02. Space weather; South Pole; Fuller; International Polar Year; IPY; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/4542; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.013

During the International Polar Year (IPY), one area of great interest is co-coordinated, multi-instrument probing of the ionosphere at high latitudes. This region is important not only for the applications that rely upon our understanding of it, but also because it contains the footprints of process...