Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/9339
Authors: Ippolito, A.* 
Scotto, C.* 
Francis, M.* 
Settimi, A.* 
Cesaroni, C.* 
Title: Automatic interpretation of oblique ionograms
Journal: Advances in space research 
Series/Report no.: 6/55 (2015)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Issue Date: 15-Mar-2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.12.025
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117714008011
Keywords: Ionosphere
Electron density
Oblique ionograms
MUF
Subject Classification01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.99. General or miscellaneous 
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics 
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.06. Instruments and techniques 
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.99. General or miscellaneous 
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.03. Inverse methods 
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.05. Algorithms and implementation 
Abstract: We present an algorithm for the identification of trace characteristics of oblique ionograms allowing determination of the Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF) for communication between the transmitter and receiver. The algorithm automatically detects and rejects poor quality ionograms. We performed an exploratory test of the algorithm using data from a campaign of oblique soundings between Rome, Italy (41.90 N, 12.48 E) and Chania, Greece (35.51 N, 24.01 E) and also between Kalkarindji, Australia (17.43 S, 130.81 E) and Culgoora, Australia (30.30 S, 149.55 E). The success of these tests demonstrates the applicability of the method to ionograms recorded by different ionosondes in various helio and geophysical conditions.
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