Consolidated Amateur Radio Signal Reports as Indicators of Intense Sporadic E Layers

Chris Deacon; Cathryn Mitchell; Robert Watson

doi:10.3390/atmos13060906

Consolidated Amateur Radio Signal Reports as Indicators of Intense Sporadic E Layers

Chris Deacon, Cathryn Mitchell, Robert Watson

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Abstract

A case study is presented which demonstrates the value and validity of a novel approach to the use of consolidated amateur (‘ham’) radio reception reports as indicators of the presence of intense ionospheric sporadic E (Es). It is shown that the use of amateur data can provide an important supplement to other techniques, allowing the detection and tracking of Es where no suitable ionosonde or other measurements are available. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated by reference to ionosonde data, and the advantages and limitations of the technique are discussed

Original language	English
Article number	906
Journal	Atmosphere
Volume	13
Issue number	6
Early online date	2 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13060906
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2022

Keywords

Es
amateur radio reporting networks
citizen science
ionosphere
mesosphere-lower thermosphere
sporadic E

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Atmospheric Science

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