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Keywords

  • ionosphere
  • USAF satellites
  • forecasting

Index Terms

  • Space Weather: Ionospheric storms
  • Space Weather: Forecasting
  • Space Weather: Space radiation environment
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Abstract

SPACE WEATHER, VOL. 7, S07003, null PP., 2009
doi:10.1029/2009SW000491

Satellite Observations Reveal Unexpected Ionospheric Turbulence

Irene Klotz

Freelance writer for the American Geophysical Union

A year ago, the U.S. Air Force launched a prototype research satellite to improve real-time space weather forecasts [see e.g. de la Beaujardiére et al., 2006; Kelley et al., 2005; Retterer, 2005]. Although it was designed as a technology demonstration to gauge effects of solar activity, the Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite has also returned useful and unexpected information about how the ionosphere operates. Before C/NOFS, researchers believed turbulence in the ionosphere occurred primarily around the equator early during the night. But that is not what they found.

Published 10 July 2009.

Citation: Klotz, I. (2009), Satellite Observations Reveal Unexpected Ionospheric Turbulence, Space Weather, 7, S07003, doi:10.1029/2009SW000491.

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