Title
Ion gyroresonance observations at Jicamarca revisited
Date Issued
16 July 2007
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Wiley-Blackwell
Abstract
This paper presents recent observations of the proton gyroresonance over Jicamarca. In October 2006, a single-polarization double-pulse experiment was set up to measure the first gyroresonance peak in the incoherent scatter (IS) auto-correlation ftinction (ACF). Despite the clutter caused by Spread-F and artificial satellites, it was possible to measure the first proton gyroresonance peak of the ACF in the topside ionosphere. For the first time, least-squares fits of theoretical IS ACFs to gyroresonance measurements are reported. Theoretical ACFs that best fit the measurements were found using the H+ fraction and temperature (assuming Te = Ti) as fitting parameters. Uncertainties for the estimated fraction of H+ were as low as 12%, while uncertainties for estimated temperatures were around 30%. These are the first successful gyroresonance measurements since the early observations of Farley (1967), and it is the first time measurements of this type have been used to obtain least squares estimates of ion composition and temperatures. Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union.
Volume
34
Issue
13
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería ambiental y geológica
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Geografía física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34548613539
Source
Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN of the container
00948276
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