Ionospheric electron content across the Antarctic continent

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Jones, G. O. L., Kersley, L., Heaton, J. A. T., Ciraolo, L., Spalla, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Terra Nova Bay; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504114/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102098000595

Observations of satellite passes monitored at Halley and Terra Nova Bay have been combined to produce for the first time measurements of ionospheric electron content spanning the Antarctic continent. Results are presented from a sequence of four successive passes made during a period of some two hours that illustrate the development of the ionosphere over this wide spatial region. The observations are discussed in terms of the convective behaviour of the ionization, using results from the PACE radar and a standard model of the plasma flow.