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Parkinson, M.L., Breed, A.M., Dyson, P.L. and Morris, R.J. (1999). Application of the Dopplionogram to Doppler-sorted interferometry measurements of ionospheric drift velocity. Radio Science 34: doi: 10.1029/1999RS900029. issn: 0048-6604. |
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The Dopplionogram was developed as a method of displaying Doppler shifts along the frequency axis of ionograms recorded using B-mode soundings of the Dynasonde, an early type of HF digital ionosonde. The basic idea of recording Doppler shifts in an ionogram format is applied and extended to the Doppler velocity mode of the Digisonde Portable Sounder-4 (DPS-4), a related and more recent type of digital ionosonde. In order to describe our mode of operation a Dopplionogram is redefined to mean a set of stepped-frequency soundings that yields a set of ionospheric Doppler shifts particular to the chosen transmission frequencies. Extension of the technique to include Doppler-sorted interferometry (DSI) analysis of the Doppler spectra facilitates a detailed analysis of ionospheric velocity variations in time and group height. This revitalized approach to DSI should prove useful for the study of ionospheric dynamics for which knowledge of the height profile of electric currents, drift velocity, and neutral winds is required. The technique is demonstrated using measurements of polar cap plasma winds obtained with a DPS-4 located at Casey, Antarctica (66.3 ¿S, 110.5 ¿E). ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union |
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Radio Science, Interferometry |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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