Title :
Discovery of Anoumoulous Stripes Over the Amazon by the PALSAR onboard ALOS satellite
Author :
Shimada, Masanobu ; Muraki, Yasushi ; Otsuka, Yuichi
Author_Institution :
Earth Obs. Res. Center, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tsukuba
Abstract :
We discovered anomalous stripes over the large area of Amazon when the region was scanned by the radar (PALSAR) onboard ALOS satellite. The stripes appeared on the local midnight along the geomagnetic field line with a typical characteristic width of 600 m.
Keywords :
F-region; geomagnetism; ionospheric disturbances; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; ALOS; Advanced Land Observing Satellite; Amazon; Faraday rotation; PALSAR; anomalous stripes; geomagnetic field line; ionospheric F-layer; remote sensing by radar; scintillation; wavelength 23.6 cm; Earth; Geomagnetism; Global Positioning System; Ionosphere; Polarization; Radar imaging; Rivers; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Ionospheric irregularity; PALSAR; Plasma; scintillation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779009
