2-D radio imaging of ionospheric electron density in the equatorial plane: Algorithms and results

Abstract

Local depletions in the equatorial ionospheric electron density, known as Spread-F events, have been an active area of scientific research in the last decades. These are of special interest to the research community because of their potentially deleterious impact on trans-ionospheric communication links and navigation systems. The impetus for focused modeling and experimentation is the ultimate goal of predicting these events and subsequent mitigation of their negative impacts.