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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1909-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1909-2025
Research article
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28 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 28 Apr 2025

Tracking traveling ionospheric disturbances through Doppler-shifted AM radio transmissions

Claire C. Trop, James LaBelle, Philip J. Erickson, Shun-Rong Zhang, David McGaw, and Terrence Kovacs

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Traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) are manifestations of atmospheric waves that are significant for the transfer of energy and momentum between atmospheric layers and regions. This work demonstrates that velocities and directions of TIDs can be measured by monitoring the tiny shift in frequency of AM radio signals when they reflect from a moving ionosphere and that this method can be scaled to use large numbers of radio receivers and transmitters to monitor TIDs on a continental scale.
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