A comparison of several methods of estimating the columnar electron content of the plasmasphere

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May 1977

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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 39, May 1977, p. 571-580. Research supported by the Oesterreichischer Fond

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Ats 6, Faraday Effect, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Sounding, Satellite Observation, Ionograms, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Radio Beacons

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Data from several different observation techniques are used to estimate the columnar electron content of the plasmasphere. The estimate is based upon the subtraction of the ionospheric electron content from the total content along the radio path from ground to the geostationary satellite ATS-6. The Radio Beacon Experiment on this satellite allows a very accurate determination of the total electron content up to the height of the satellite. For the ionospheric electron content (ground to appr. 2000 km) the following techniques are used: (1) Faraday effect on the ATS-6 signals, (2) differential Doppler effect on the signals of the low-orbiting NNSS satellites, (3) combination of bottomside and topside ionograms, and (4) extrapolation of bottomside ionograms. It is shown that the combination of group delay and Faraday effect data on the ATS-6 RBE signals provide the most reliable estimates of the columnar electron content of the plasmasphere. Data from low-orbiting satellites support this conclusion.

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