THE FEASIBILITY OF RADIO SOUNDING IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE

Citation
W. Calvert et al., THE FEASIBILITY OF RADIO SOUNDING IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE, Radio science, 30(5), 1995, pp. 1577-1595
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
ISSN journal
00486604
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1577 - 1595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-6604(1995)30:5<1577:TFORSI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A radio sounder outside the plasmasphere could provide nearly continuo us remote density measurements of the magnetopause and plasmasphere, a s well as other important density features elsewhere in this region. U sing digital integration and tuned reception at frequencies from a few kilohertz to a few megahertz with 400-m to 500-m tip-to-tip dipole an tennas and 10 W transmitter power, such a sounder would be capable of 10% density resolution and 500 to 1300 km spatial resolution in only a few minutes at distances of up to 4 R(E). By providing such detailed observations of its principal density structures, such a sounder would then clearly revolutionize magnetospheric research.