Recent progress in satellite radio beacon studies with particular emphasis on the ATS-6 radio beacon experiment

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Apr 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980ssrv...25..357d&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 25, Apr. 1980, p. 357-430.

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Ats 6, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Sounding, Radio Beacons, Satellite Observation, Faraday Effect, Fresnel Diffraction, Geomagnetic Micropulsations, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Radio Observation, Troposphere

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Some aspects of and progress in beacon studies of the ionosphere and plasmasphere since the launch of ATS-6 in 1974 are reviewed, emphasizing the ATS-6 radio beacon experiment. The diurnal and seasonal variations of the total electron content and the plasmaspheric content (PC) are presented for the U.S. and Europe; in winter the PC over the Western Hemisphere maximizes at night, while in Europe and the Pacific it appears to peak near noon. In addition, the PC is highly sensitive to solar-terrestrial disturbance, it reaches a minimum on the third day of a storm, and it may take between 10 and 20 days of partial filling and emptying to recover. Also discussed are beacon observations of micropulsations in total content, tropospheric fluctuations, and Fresnel diffraction by intense ionospheric irregularities, together with radio wave scintillations and some applications of beacon radio data to communications and navigation.

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