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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Spectral characteristics of high-latitude raw 40 MHz cosmic noise signals
Chris M. Hall
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UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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The relative ionospheric opacity meter ("riometer") is a traditional instrument for measuring the degree to which cosmic noise is absorbed by the ionosphere and therefore how energetic the particles – electrons, protons etc. – are that cause the ionisation. We identify the same signatures in the "hour-to-days" timescale variability as reported in solar and geomagnetic disturbances. The result demonstrates the relationship between riometer data and the underlying physics for different timescales.
The relative ionospheric opacity meter ("riometer") is a traditional instrument for measuring...