Articles | Volume 15, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4531-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4531-2022
Research article
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10 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 10 Aug 2022

On the use of high-frequency surface wave oceanographic research radars as bistatic single-frequency oblique ionospheric sounders

Stephen R. Kaeppler, Ethan S. Miller, Daniel Cole, and Teresa Updyke

Data sets

Processed CODAR Data for March 2016 and October 2020 S. R. Kaeppler and E. S. Miller https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6341875

Wallops Island Digisonde Observations WP937 National Geophysical Data Center – NOAA https://data.ngdc.noaa.gov/instruments/remote-sensing/active/profilers-sounders/ionosonde/mids12/WP937/individual/

Wallops Island Digisonde Observations WP937 National Geophysical Data Center – NOAA https://data.ngdc.noaa.gov/instruments/remote-sensing/active/profilers-sounders/ionosonde/mids08/WP937/individual/

Model code and software

dgsraw-0.5.1 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) https://data.ngdc.noaa.gov/instruments/remote-sensing/active/profilers-sounders/ionosonde/software/Digisonde/

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Short summary
This investigation demonstrates how useful ionospheric parameters can be extracted from existing high-frequency radars that are used for oceanographic research. The methodology presented can be used by scientists and radio amateurs to understand ionospheric dynamics.