Artificial ionospheric modification : the metal oxide space cloud experiment
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 30529410
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/2016RS005988
- Title of journal
- Radio Science
- Article number
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- First page
- 539
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 0048-6604
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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18
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This international programme used a suite of diagnostic instruments to explore, for the first time, whether ionospheric properties can be chemically modified using samarium explosively deposited in the atmosphere from a rocket at ~200 km altitude. A direction finding (DF) ionosonde developed by Cannon and his team for this experiment was pivotal in exploring whether a long-lasting plasma cloud can be generated with sufficient density to reflect HF signals. Clear positive evidence was seen of a significant enhancement which lasted for an hour. As a consequence, UK MOD and US DoD experiments are continuing, using the UK DF ionosonde.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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