Multi-Instrument Observations of an MSTID over Arecibo Observatory

The Penn State All-Sky Imager (PSASI) at Arecibo Observatory provides planar horizontal context to the vertical ionospheric profiles obtained by the Incoherent Seatter Radar (TSR). Electric field measurements from the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS) satellite are mapped down...

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Published inNASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Conference Proceedings
Main Authors Klenzing, J H, Seker, I, Pfaff, R F, Rowland, D E, Fung, S F, Mathews, J D
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Hampton NASA/Langley Research Center 13.08.2011
Subjects
Airglow
Communications systems
Geomagnetic field
Geomagnetism
Magnetism
Observatories
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Summary:The Penn State All-Sky Imager (PSASI) at Arecibo Observatory provides planar horizontal context to the vertical ionospheric profiles obtained by the Incoherent Seatter Radar (TSR). Electric field measurements from the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS) satellite are mapped down geomagnetic field lines to the height of the airglow layer; allowing multi-instrument studies of field-aligned irregularities with radar, imager, and satellite. A Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance (MSTID) was observed during such a conjunction near the December solstice of 2009.