1. Phase and coherence analysis of VHF scintillation over Christmas Island.
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Shume, E. B., Mannucci, A. J., and Caton, R.
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WAVELET transforms , *VERY high frequencies , *SCINTILLATION of radio waves , *PLANETARY ionospheres - Abstract
This short paper presents phase and coherence data from the cross-wavelet transform applied on longitudinally separated very high frequency (VHF) equatorial ionospheric scintillation observations over Christmas Island. The phase and coherence analyses were employed on a pair of scintillation observations, namely, the east-looking and westlooking VHF scintillation monitors at Christmas Island. Our analysis includes 3 years of peak season scintillation data from 2008, 2009 (low solar activity), and 2011 (moderate solar activity). In statistically significant and high spectral coherence regions of the cross-wavelet transform, scintillation observations from the east-looking monitor lead those from the west-looking monitor by about 20 to 60 (40±20) min (most frequent lead times). Using several years (seasons and solar cycle) of lead (or lag) and coherence information of the cross-wavelet transform, we envisage construction of a probability model for forecasting scintillation in the nighttime equatorial ionosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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