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Midlatitude sporadic-E episodes viewed by L-band split-spectrum InSAR
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Title: | Midlatitude sporadic-E episodes viewed by L-band split-spectrum InSAR |
Authors: | Suzuki, Takato Browse this author | Maeda, Jun Browse this author | Heki, Kosuke Browse this author | Furuya, Masato Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | Ionosphere | Sporadic-E | Total electron content | Interferometric synthetic aperture radar | Split-spectrum method | Dispersive media | Higher-order refractive index | Nondispersive media |
Issue Date: | 29-Dec-2017 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Journal Title: | Earth planets and space |
Volume: | 69 |
Start Page: | 175 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1186/s40623-017-0764-6 |
Abstract: | Sporadic-E (Es) is a layer of ionization that irregularly appears within the E region of the ionosphere and is known to generate an unusual propagation of very high frequency waves over long distances. The detailed spatial structure of Es remains unclear due to the limited spatial resolution in the conventional ionosonde observations. We detect midlatitude Es by interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), which can clarify the spatial structure of Es with unprecedented resolution. Moreover, we use the range split-spectrum method (SSM) to separate dispersive and nondispersive components in the InSAR image. While InSAR SSM largely succeeds in decomposing into dispersive and nondispersive signals, our results indicate that small-scale dispersive signals due to the total electron content anomalies are accompanied by nondispersive signals with similar spatial scale at the same locations. We also examine the effects of higher-order terms in the refractive index for dispersive media. Both of these detected Es episodes indicate that smaller-scale dispersive effects originate from higher-order effects. We interpret that the smaller-scale nondispersive signals could indicate the emergence of nitric oxide (NO) generated by the reactions of metals, Mg and Fe, with nitric oxide ion (NO+) during the Es. |
Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Type: | article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/68291 |
Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 古屋 正人
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