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L'osservatorio ionosferico in Artide e Antartide: osservazioni sperimentali e risultati scientifici
Author(s)
Language
Italian
Obiettivo Specifico
1.7. Osservazioni di alta e media atmosfera
3.9. Fisica della magnetosfera, ionosfera e meteorologia spaziale
5.4. Banche dati di geomagnetismo, aeronomia, clima e ambiente
Status
Published
JCR Journal
N/A or not JCR
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
/1-4 (2010)
Publisher
Associazione Geofisica Italiana
Pages (printed)
183-196
Issued date
2010
Abstract
The Italian Upper Atmosphere Observatory at polar latitude was firstly established during
the Antarctic campaign 1990-1991 to support the telecommunication logistic activity of
the National Program for Antarctic Research (PNRA). The Istituto Nazionale di
Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), formerly Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica (ING), was
involved in this action as the long time experience in HF radar, ionospheric sounding and
ionospheric prediction services for radio communication purposes, managing two of the
most important and historical ionospheric observatories all over the world: Rome (41.8N,
12.5E) and Gibilmanna (37.9 N, 14.0 E). Since that time, starting from 1993 up to now,
several research projects have been carried on focusing on the multi instruments upper
atmosphere observations in Arctic and Antarctica with the aim to study the polar
ionosphere in different time and space domains, contributing both to the Global Change
and to the emerging Space Weather needs. Here we briefly report on the experimental
activities as well on the main scientific results obtained highlighting the latest findings in
the field of bipolar GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) ionospheric scintillation
measurements and investigation.
the Antarctic campaign 1990-1991 to support the telecommunication logistic activity of
the National Program for Antarctic Research (PNRA). The Istituto Nazionale di
Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), formerly Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica (ING), was
involved in this action as the long time experience in HF radar, ionospheric sounding and
ionospheric prediction services for radio communication purposes, managing two of the
most important and historical ionospheric observatories all over the world: Rome (41.8N,
12.5E) and Gibilmanna (37.9 N, 14.0 E). Since that time, starting from 1993 up to now,
several research projects have been carried on focusing on the multi instruments upper
atmosphere observations in Arctic and Antarctica with the aim to study the polar
ionosphere in different time and space domains, contributing both to the Global Change
and to the emerging Space Weather needs. Here we briefly report on the experimental
activities as well on the main scientific results obtained highlighting the latest findings in
the field of bipolar GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) ionospheric scintillation
measurements and investigation.
References
Materassi M., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Mitchell C.N., Spalla P.
Detrend effect on the scalograms of GPS amplitude scintillation, J. Adv. Space
Res.(2009), doi:10.1016/j.asr.2008.01.023
Mitchell, C. N.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Lester, M.; Romano, V.; Wernik, A. W.,
GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October
2003 storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 12, L12S03 10.1029/2004GL021644,
2005.
Perrone L., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano, G. De Franceschi, Polar cap absorption events of
November 2001 at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 22, pp 1633-
1648, 8-4-2004.
Perrone L., V. Romano, A. Malagnini, "Polar cap absorption event of September 2005 at
Mario Zucchelli Station Antarctica", Proceedings of the 2nd cost 296 workshop, "Radio
systems and ionospheric effects", Rennes, 3-7 October 2006.
Romano V., Zuccheretti E., De Franceschi G., Pezzopane M., Alfonsi L., Tutone G.,
Doumaz F., Ionospheric observatory development at Terra Nova Bay, INAG bulletin
INAG-65 - 2004
Romano V., S. Pau, M. Pezzopane, E. Zuccheretti, B. Zolesi, G. De Franceschi, and S.
Locatelli, The electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere (eSWua) project at INGV:
advancements and state of the art, Ann. Geophys., 26, 345–351, 2008.
Romano V., A. Salvati, S. Massetti, IDIPOS: a proposal for an Italian database
infrastructure for polar observation sciences, XXX SCAR Open Science Conference, St.
Petersburg, July 8-11, 2008b.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. -
Climatology of GPS ionospheric scintillations over high and mid-latitude European
regions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3429–3437, 2009.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. –
Climatology of GNSS ionospheric scintillations at high and mid latitudes under different
solar activity conditions, Il Nuovo Cimento B (2010), doi: 10.1393/ncb/i2010-10857-7.
Yin P., Mitchell C.N., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Sarti P., Negusini M.,
Capra A., Ionospheric imaging over Antarctica, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-
Terrestrial Physics, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 (2009)
1757–1765.
Zuccheretti E., G. Tutone, U. Sciacca, C. Bianchi and B. J. Arokiasamy “The new AISINGV
digital ionosonde”, Annals of Geophysics vol. 46, N. 4, pp. 647-659, 2003. Burston, R., I. Astin, C. Mitchell, Alfonsi Lu., T. Pedersen, and S. Skone (2009),
Correlation between scintillation indices and gradient drift wave amplitudes in the
northern polar ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A07309, doi:10.1029/2009JA014151.
Burston R., I. Astin, C.N. Mitchell, Alfonsi Lu., T. Pedersen, S. Skone (2009b),
Turbulent Times in the Northern Polar Ionosphere?, J. Geophysical Research,
doi:10.1029/2009JA014813,
Chivers, H.J.: High latitude ionospheric absorption, Antarc. J. U. S., X, 222-223, 1975.
De Franceschi, G., de Santis, A. and Pau, S.: Ionospheric mapping by regional spherical
harmonic analysis: new developments, Adv. Space Res.,14, No. 12, 61-64, 1994.
De Franceschi, G., De Santis, A. and Perrone, L.: Analysis of Riometric data recorded at
Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, Conference Proceedings of Solar Terrestrial Predictions
Workshop, edited by Heckman, G., Marubashi, K., Shea, M.A., Smart, D.F., Thompson,
R., RWC Tokyo, 431-434, 1997.
De Franceschi, G., A. De Santis, M. Cerrone, M. Chiappini, P.Palangio, G. Romeo and
G. Ricci (1997b), Riometry at the Italian Antarctic station of Terra Nova Bay, Il Nuovo
Cimento, Vol. 20, N.6, 973-976.
De Franceschi G., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano (2006), ISACCO: an Italian project to monitor
the high latitudes ionosphere by means of GPS receivers, GPS Solution, DOI
10.1007/s10291-006-0036-6.
De Franceschi, G., Alfonsi, L., De Santis, A.: Long term trends of foF2 over Antartica:
possibile links with the geomagnetic secular behaviour, Solicited paper, IUGGXXIV
2007, Perugia- Italy, 2-13 July 2007.
De Franceschi G., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano, M. Aquino, A. Dodson, C. N. Mitchell, A. W.
Wernik (2008), Dynamics of high latitude patches and associated small scale
irregularities, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics,
doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.018, 70, 6, 2008, 879-888.
De Santis, A., Tozzi, R., Gaya-Piqué, L.R.: Information content and K-entropy of the
present geomagnetic field, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 218, 269-275, 2004.
De Santis, A.: How persistent is the present trend of the geomagnetic field to decay and,
possibly, to reverse?, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 162, 217-226, 2007.
Lepidi S. L. Perrone, L. Cafarella, A. Meloni, Geomagnetic Storms And Polar Cap
Absorption Event Recorded On January 2005 At Mario Zucchelli Station, XXX SCAR
Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, July 8-11, 2008. Materassi M., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Mitchell C.N., Spalla P.
Detrend effect on the scalograms of GPS amplitude scintillation, J. Adv. Space
Res.(2009), doi:10.1016/j.asr.2008.01.023
Mitchell, C. N.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Lester, M.; Romano, V.; Wernik, A. W.,
GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October
2003 storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 12, L12S03 10.1029/2004GL021644,
2005.
Perrone L., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano, G. De Franceschi, Polar cap absorption events of
November 2001 at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 22, pp 1633-
1648, 8-4-2004.
Perrone L., V. Romano, A. Malagnini, "Polar cap absorption event of September 2005 at
Mario Zucchelli Station Antarctica", Proceedings of the 2nd cost 296 workshop, "Radio
systems and ionospheric effects", Rennes, 3-7 October 2006.
Romano V., Zuccheretti E., De Franceschi G., Pezzopane M., Alfonsi L., Tutone G.,
Doumaz F., Ionospheric observatory development at Terra Nova Bay, INAG bulletin
INAG-65 - 2004
Romano V., S. Pau, M. Pezzopane, E. Zuccheretti, B. Zolesi, G. De Franceschi, and S.
Locatelli, The electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere (eSWua) project at INGV:
advancements and state of the art, Ann. Geophys., 26, 345–351, 2008.
Romano V., A. Salvati, S. Massetti, IDIPOS: a proposal for an Italian database
infrastructure for polar observation sciences, XXX SCAR Open Science Conference, St.
Petersburg, July 8-11, 2008b.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. -
Climatology of GPS ionospheric scintillations over high and mid-latitude European
regions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3429–3437, 2009.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. –
Climatology of GNSS ionospheric scintillations at high and mid latitudes under different
solar activity conditions, Il Nuovo Cimento B (2010), doi: 10.1393/ncb/i2010-10857-7.
Yin P., Mitchell C.N., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Sarti P., Negusini M.,
Capra A., Ionospheric imaging over Antarctica, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-
Terrestrial Physics, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 (2009)
1757–1765.
Zuccheretti E., G. Tutone, U. Sciacca, C. Bianchi and B. J. Arokiasamy “The new AISINGV
digital ionosonde”, Annals of Geophysics vol. 46, N. 4, pp. 647-659, 2003.
Detrend effect on the scalograms of GPS amplitude scintillation, J. Adv. Space
Res.(2009), doi:10.1016/j.asr.2008.01.023
Mitchell, C. N.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Lester, M.; Romano, V.; Wernik, A. W.,
GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October
2003 storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 12, L12S03 10.1029/2004GL021644,
2005.
Perrone L., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano, G. De Franceschi, Polar cap absorption events of
November 2001 at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 22, pp 1633-
1648, 8-4-2004.
Perrone L., V. Romano, A. Malagnini, "Polar cap absorption event of September 2005 at
Mario Zucchelli Station Antarctica", Proceedings of the 2nd cost 296 workshop, "Radio
systems and ionospheric effects", Rennes, 3-7 October 2006.
Romano V., Zuccheretti E., De Franceschi G., Pezzopane M., Alfonsi L., Tutone G.,
Doumaz F., Ionospheric observatory development at Terra Nova Bay, INAG bulletin
INAG-65 - 2004
Romano V., S. Pau, M. Pezzopane, E. Zuccheretti, B. Zolesi, G. De Franceschi, and S.
Locatelli, The electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere (eSWua) project at INGV:
advancements and state of the art, Ann. Geophys., 26, 345–351, 2008.
Romano V., A. Salvati, S. Massetti, IDIPOS: a proposal for an Italian database
infrastructure for polar observation sciences, XXX SCAR Open Science Conference, St.
Petersburg, July 8-11, 2008b.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. -
Climatology of GPS ionospheric scintillations over high and mid-latitude European
regions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3429–3437, 2009.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. –
Climatology of GNSS ionospheric scintillations at high and mid latitudes under different
solar activity conditions, Il Nuovo Cimento B (2010), doi: 10.1393/ncb/i2010-10857-7.
Yin P., Mitchell C.N., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Sarti P., Negusini M.,
Capra A., Ionospheric imaging over Antarctica, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-
Terrestrial Physics, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 (2009)
1757–1765.
Zuccheretti E., G. Tutone, U. Sciacca, C. Bianchi and B. J. Arokiasamy “The new AISINGV
digital ionosonde”, Annals of Geophysics vol. 46, N. 4, pp. 647-659, 2003. Burston, R., I. Astin, C. Mitchell, Alfonsi Lu., T. Pedersen, and S. Skone (2009),
Correlation between scintillation indices and gradient drift wave amplitudes in the
northern polar ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A07309, doi:10.1029/2009JA014151.
Burston R., I. Astin, C.N. Mitchell, Alfonsi Lu., T. Pedersen, S. Skone (2009b),
Turbulent Times in the Northern Polar Ionosphere?, J. Geophysical Research,
doi:10.1029/2009JA014813,
Chivers, H.J.: High latitude ionospheric absorption, Antarc. J. U. S., X, 222-223, 1975.
De Franceschi, G., de Santis, A. and Pau, S.: Ionospheric mapping by regional spherical
harmonic analysis: new developments, Adv. Space Res.,14, No. 12, 61-64, 1994.
De Franceschi, G., De Santis, A. and Perrone, L.: Analysis of Riometric data recorded at
Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, Conference Proceedings of Solar Terrestrial Predictions
Workshop, edited by Heckman, G., Marubashi, K., Shea, M.A., Smart, D.F., Thompson,
R., RWC Tokyo, 431-434, 1997.
De Franceschi, G., A. De Santis, M. Cerrone, M. Chiappini, P.Palangio, G. Romeo and
G. Ricci (1997b), Riometry at the Italian Antarctic station of Terra Nova Bay, Il Nuovo
Cimento, Vol. 20, N.6, 973-976.
De Franceschi G., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano (2006), ISACCO: an Italian project to monitor
the high latitudes ionosphere by means of GPS receivers, GPS Solution, DOI
10.1007/s10291-006-0036-6.
De Franceschi, G., Alfonsi, L., De Santis, A.: Long term trends of foF2 over Antartica:
possibile links with the geomagnetic secular behaviour, Solicited paper, IUGGXXIV
2007, Perugia- Italy, 2-13 July 2007.
De Franceschi G., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano, M. Aquino, A. Dodson, C. N. Mitchell, A. W.
Wernik (2008), Dynamics of high latitude patches and associated small scale
irregularities, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics,
doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2007.05.018, 70, 6, 2008, 879-888.
De Santis, A., Tozzi, R., Gaya-Piqué, L.R.: Information content and K-entropy of the
present geomagnetic field, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 218, 269-275, 2004.
De Santis, A.: How persistent is the present trend of the geomagnetic field to decay and,
possibly, to reverse?, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 162, 217-226, 2007.
Lepidi S. L. Perrone, L. Cafarella, A. Meloni, Geomagnetic Storms And Polar Cap
Absorption Event Recorded On January 2005 At Mario Zucchelli Station, XXX SCAR
Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, July 8-11, 2008. Materassi M., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Mitchell C.N., Spalla P.
Detrend effect on the scalograms of GPS amplitude scintillation, J. Adv. Space
Res.(2009), doi:10.1016/j.asr.2008.01.023
Mitchell, C. N.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Lester, M.; Romano, V.; Wernik, A. W.,
GPS TEC and scintillation measurements from the polar ionosphere during the October
2003 storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 12, L12S03 10.1029/2004GL021644,
2005.
Perrone L., L. Alfonsi, V. Romano, G. De Franceschi, Polar cap absorption events of
November 2001 at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 22, pp 1633-
1648, 8-4-2004.
Perrone L., V. Romano, A. Malagnini, "Polar cap absorption event of September 2005 at
Mario Zucchelli Station Antarctica", Proceedings of the 2nd cost 296 workshop, "Radio
systems and ionospheric effects", Rennes, 3-7 October 2006.
Romano V., Zuccheretti E., De Franceschi G., Pezzopane M., Alfonsi L., Tutone G.,
Doumaz F., Ionospheric observatory development at Terra Nova Bay, INAG bulletin
INAG-65 - 2004
Romano V., S. Pau, M. Pezzopane, E. Zuccheretti, B. Zolesi, G. De Franceschi, and S.
Locatelli, The electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere (eSWua) project at INGV:
advancements and state of the art, Ann. Geophys., 26, 345–351, 2008.
Romano V., A. Salvati, S. Massetti, IDIPOS: a proposal for an Italian database
infrastructure for polar observation sciences, XXX SCAR Open Science Conference, St.
Petersburg, July 8-11, 2008b.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. -
Climatology of GPS ionospheric scintillations over high and mid-latitude European
regions, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3429–3437, 2009.
Spogli, L.; Alfonsi, L.; De Franceschi, G.; Romano, V.; Aquino, M. H. O.; Dodson, A. –
Climatology of GNSS ionospheric scintillations at high and mid latitudes under different
solar activity conditions, Il Nuovo Cimento B (2010), doi: 10.1393/ncb/i2010-10857-7.
Yin P., Mitchell C.N., Alfonsi Lu., De Franceschi G., Romano V., Sarti P., Negusini M.,
Capra A., Ionospheric imaging over Antarctica, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-
Terrestrial Physics, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 (2009)
1757–1765.
Zuccheretti E., G. Tutone, U. Sciacca, C. Bianchi and B. J. Arokiasamy “The new AISINGV
digital ionosonde”, Annals of Geophysics vol. 46, N. 4, pp. 647-659, 2003.
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