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Automatic scaling of polar ionograms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2011

Carlo Scotto  and
Michael Pezzopane
Carlo Scotto
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy Doctoral School in Polar Sciences, University of Siena, Via del Laterino 8, 53100 Siena, Italy
Michael Pezzopane*
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy
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*corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

The Istituto Nazionale di Geosifica e Vulcanologia (INGV) software for automatic scaling of ionograms (Autoscala) was improved by introducing a system to identify D region absorption events, spread-F condition (frequency spreading in the F region), and Z-ray propagation. The algorithm was applied to a series of ionograms recorded by the AIS-INGV (Advanced Ionospheric Sounder-INGV) ionosonde installed at the Mario Zucchelli Station (74.7°S, 164.1°E), Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Critical cases are shown to illustrate the behaviour of the software.

Keywords

Autoscalainstrument and techniquesionospheric irregularitiespolar ionosphere
Type
Physical Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 06 February 2012 , pp. 88 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2011

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