First Observations of Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Using Automated Amateur Radio Receiving Networks

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dc.contributor.authorFrissell, Nathaniel A.en
dc.contributor.authorKaeppler, Stephen R.en
dc.contributor.authorSanchez, Diego F.en
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Gareth W.en
dc.contributor.authorEngelke, William D.en
dc.contributor.authorErickson, Philip J.en
dc.contributor.authorCoster, Anthea J.en
dc.contributor.authorRuohoniemi, J. Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Joseph B. H.en
dc.contributor.authorWest, Mary Louen
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-12T18:00:56Zen
dc.date.available2022-07-12T18:00:56Zen
dc.date.issued2022-03-16en
dc.description.abstractWe demonstrate a novel method for observing Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (LSTIDs) using high frequency (HF) amateur radio reporting networks, including the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN), Weak Signal Propagation Reporter Network (WSPRNet), and PSKReporter. LSTIDs are quasi-periodic variations in ionospheric densities with horizontal wavelengths >1,000 km and periods between 30 and 180 min. On Nov 3, 2017, LSTID signatures were observed simultaneously over the continental United States in amateur radio, SuperDARN HF radar, and GNSS Total Electron Content with a period of similar to 2.5 hr, propagation azimuth of similar to 163 degrees, horizontal wavelength of similar to 1680 km, and phase speed of similar to 1,200 km hr(-1). SuperMAG SME index enhancements and Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar measurements suggest the LSTIDs were driven by auroral electrojet intensifications and Joule heating. This novel measurement technique has applications in future scientific studies and for assessing the impact of LSTIDs on HF communications.en
dc.description.notesThe authors gratefully acknowledge the support of United States National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants AGS-2045755 and AGS-2002278 and NASA Grants 80NSSC21K0002 and 80NSSC21K1772. We are especially grateful to the amateur radio community who voluntarily produced and provided the HF radio observations used in this presentation, especially the operators of the , , pskreporter.info, and . Blackstone SuperDARN data are made available with support from NSF AGS-1935110. This material is based upon work supported by the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar which is a major facility funded by the NSF through cooperative agreement AGS-1840962 to SRI International. Algorithms used to calculate the electric field and Joule heating rates were developed under NSF AGS-1853408 and AGS-1552269. GNSS TEC data products and access through the Madrigal distributed data system are provided to the community by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under support from NSF grant AGS-1952737. Individual contributors of GNSS data are listed in the Open Research section. We gratefully acknowledge the SuperMAG collaborators () who contributed to the SuperMAG database (Gjerloev, 2012) and the SuperMAG SME(r) indices (Newell & Gjerloev, 2011a, 2011b). NAF thanks Rachel Frissell, Bill Liles, Ethan Miller, and Dev Raj Joshi for helpful discussions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States National Science Foundation (NSF) [AGS-2045755, AGS-2002278]; NASA [80NSSC21K0002, 80NSSC21K1772]; NSF [AGS-1952737, AGS-1935110, AGS-1840962, AGS-1853408, AGS-1552269]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097879en
dc.identifier.eissn1944-8007en
dc.identifier.issn0094-8276en
dc.identifier.issue5en
dc.identifier.othere2022GL097879en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111219en
dc.identifier.volume49en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectLSTIDen
dc.subjectTraveling ionospheric Disturbanceen
dc.subjectmidlatitude ionosphereen
dc.subjectamateur radioen
dc.subjectSuperDARNen
dc.subjectGNSS TECen
dc.titleFirst Observations of Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Using Automated Amateur Radio Receiving Networksen
dc.title.serialGeophysical Research Lettersen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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