First in-situ measurements of HF radar echoing targets

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Moen, J., Oksavik, K., Abe, T., Lester, Mark, Saito, Y., Bekkeng, T. A., Jacobsen, K. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2014
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Geology; F-REGION IRREGULARITIES; CUSP; BACKSCATTER; CLEFT; LAYER; Svalbard; Leicester
• Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012GL051407/abstract; http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28756; https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL051407

The sounding rocket Investigation of Cusp Irregularities 2 (ICI-2) was launched into the cusp ionosphere over Svalbard to investigate the production of decameter scale irregularities in the electron plasma associated with HF radar backscatter. The main mission objective was to obtain high-resolution...