Radar – CubeSat Transionospheric HF Propagation Observations: Suomi 100 Satellite and EISCAT HF Facility

Esa Kallio*, Antti Kero, Ari-Matti Harri, Antti Kestilä, Anita Aikio, Mathias Fontell, Riku Järvinen, Kirsti Kauristie, Olli Knuuttila, Petri Koskimaa, Jauaries Loyala, Juha Lukkari, Amin Modabberian, Joonas Niittyniemi, Jouni Rynö, Heikki Vanhamäki, Erik Varberg

*Tämän työn vastaava kirjoittaja

Tutkimustuotos: LehtiartikkeliArticleScientificvertaisarvioitu

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Abstrakti

Radio waves provide a useful diagnostic tool to investigate the properties of the ionosphere because the ionosphere affects the transmission and properties of High Frequency (HF) electromagnetic waves. We have conducted a transionospheric HF-propagation research campaign with a nanosatellite on a low-Earth polar orbit and the EISCAT HF transmitter facility in Tromsø, Norway, in December 2020. In the active measurement, the EISCAT HF facility transmitted sinusoidal 7.953 MHz signal which was received with the HEARER radio spectrometer onboard 1 Unit (size: 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm) Suomi 100 space weather nanosatellite. Data analysis showed that the EISCAT HF signal was detected with the satellite’s radio spectrometer when the satellite was the closest to the heater along its orbit. Part of the observed variations seen in the signal was identified to be related to the heater’s antenna pattern and to the transmitted pulse shapes. Other observed variations can be related to the spatial and temporal variations of the ionosphere and its different responses to the used transmission frequencies and to the transmitted O- and X-wave modes. Some trends in the observed signal may also be associated to changes in the properties of ionospheric plasma resulting from the heater’s electromagnetic wave energy. This paper is, to authors’ best knowledge, the first observation of this kind of "self-absorption" measured from the transionospheric signal path from a powerful radio source on the ground to the satellite-borne receiver.
AlkuperäiskieliEnglanti
Artikkelie2022RS007516
Sivumäärä27
JulkaisuRadio Science
Vuosikerta57
Numero10
DOI - pysyväislinkit
TilaJulkaistu - lokak. 2022
OKM-julkaisutyyppiA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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  • INTERSECT: Ionosphere-thermosphere response to Space Weather Events

    Kallio, E. (Vastuullinen tutkija), Niittyniemi, J. (Projektin jäsen), Knuuttila, O. (Projektin jäsen), Nyman, L. (Projektin jäsen) & Kärkkäinen, T. (Projektin jäsen)

    01/09/202231/08/2026

    Projekti: Academy of Finland: Other research funding

  • Suomi 100

    Kallio, E. (Vastuullinen tutkija), Alho, M. (Projektin jäsen), Kestilä, A. (Projektin jäsen), Koskimaa, P. (Projektin jäsen), Modabberian, A. (Projektin jäsen) & Nyman, S. (Projektin jäsen)

    01/04/201631/12/2017

    Projekti: Other external funding: Other government funding

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