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Radio Techniques for Probing the Terrestrial Ionosphere

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Robert D. Hunsucker

    1. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

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Part of the book series: Physics and Chemistry in Space (SPACE, volume 22)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Terrestrial Atmospheric Structure and Properties of Electromagnetic Waves

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      Pages 3-39

    3. Radio Propagation in a Plasma

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      Pages 40-64

  3. Earth-Based Radio Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Vertical Sounders — the Ionosonde

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      Pages 67-93

    3. Oblique Backscatter Sounders

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      Pages 94-121

    4. Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Systems

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      Pages 122-141

    5. Ionospheric Modification by High Power Radio Waves

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      Pages 142-164

    6. Methods of Measuring Ionospheric Absorption and Other D-Region Parameters

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      Pages 165-183

  4. Satellite, Rocket, and Other Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Earth Satellite Radio Studies of the Ionosphere

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      Pages 187-204

    3. Other Radio Techniques

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      Pages 205-228

    4. Epilog

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      Pages 229-235

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 236-293
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About this book

In the years since the pioneering efforts of Sir Edward Appleton, M. A. F. Barnett, G. Breit, and M. A. Thve, many radio techniques have been employed to investigate the terrestrial ionosphere. The purposes of this book are to exam­ ine the basic physical interaction process of radio waves with the ionosphere, scrutinize each of the radio techniques currently in use, and describe the elements of each technique, as well as assess their capabilities and limitations. I have included some of the history of each technique, since we often tend to forget the efforts of the "pioneers". The interaction of radio waves with the terrestrial ionosphere has been described in considerable detail in several "classic" treatments, e.g., Ratcliffe (1959), Al'pert (1963), Budden (1961) and Davies (1965), Rishbeth and e.g., Flock (1979), Davies Garriott (1969), and in other more recent books, (1990), Hargreaves (1979), and Budden (1985). A few of the radio techniques have been described by Hargreaves (1979) and a book by Giraud and Petit (1978) has also included discussion of several of the techniques. The "WITS" handbook No. 2 (1989) also contains description of several radio techniques.

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  • Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    Robert D. Hunsucker

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