Articles | Volume 16, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5897-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5897-2023
Research article
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08 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 08 Dec 2023

Difference spectrum fitting of the ion–neutral collision frequency from dual-frequency EISCAT measurements

Florian Günzkofer, Gunter Stober, Dimitry Pokhotelov, Yasunobu Miyoshi, and Claudia Borries

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[Dataset] Difference spectrum fitting of the ion-neutral collision frequency from dual-frequency EISCAT measurements Florian Günzkofer, Gunter Stober, Dimitry Pokhotelov, Yasunobu Miyoshi, and Claudia Borries https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8074787

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Electric currents in the ionosphere can impact both satellite and ground-based infrastructure. These currents depend strongly on the collisions of ions and neutral particles. Measuring ion–neutral collisions is often only possible via certain assumptions. The direct measurement of ion–neutral collision frequencies is possible with multifrequency incoherent scatter radar measurements. This paper presents one analysis method of such measurements and discusses its advantages and disadvantages.