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New Observations of Mysterious Radar Echoes

by Gang Lu 19 January 201812 October 2022

Exploring the relationship between solar extreme ultraviolet radiation flux and 150-km radar echoes.

Researchers use ground-penetrating radar to spot carbon stores in the Disney Wilderness Preserve
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Better Way to Probe Peat

by S. Witman 10 January 20181 April 2022

Florida scientists use ground-penetrating radar to image underground carbon stores in the Disney Wilderness Preserve.

Crowdsourced reports of sightings of the 6 February 2017 meteor near Chicago.
Posted inNews

Students Get Help from Weather Radar to Find Space Rock Remains

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 December 20178 March 2022

Teens helped by scientists and educators seek meteorites that plunged into Lake Michigan early this year. Weather radar guided the search for the projectiles.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Survey of Solar Radio Burst Statistics

by D. J. Knipp 7 December 201727 January 2022

National solar radio archive records have substantial missing data potentially affecting the ability to benchmark extreme solar events.

A new hypothesis explains the radar signature of plasma waves in Earth’s ionosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mystery of the Ionosphere’s “Gyro Line” Solved

by Mark Zastrow 6 September 201710 January 2023

A new study provides an updated hypothesis to describe a unique radar signature from plasma waves high above Earth, correcting errors that had stood for decades.

Matt Lancaster sets up a GPS receiver.
Posted inScience Updates

Using Strain Rates to Forecast Seismic Hazards

by E. L. Evans 14 March 20175 October 2022

Workshop on Geodetic Modeling for Seismic Hazard; Menlo Park, California, 19 September 2016

The Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru is up and running again after 50 years
Posted inResearch Spotlights

After Decades, High-Altitude Observations Revived at Jicamarca

by Mark Zastrow 2 March 201731 January 2022

Recent upgrades to the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru allow it to probe electron densities several thousand kilometers above Earth, a feat it hasn't accomplished in 50 years.

Researchers put ground-penetrating radar data to the test to analyze the structure of aquifers
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Ground-Penetrating Radar Method Shows Promise in Aquifer

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 6 February 201716 February 2022

Recent advances in ground-penetrating radar data analysis could help reveal aquifer structure in unprecedented detail.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Global Positioning System Sparks New Data Revolution

by D. J. Knipp 30 January 201712 January 2023

Energetic particle data from the Global Positioning System constellation opens avenues for new research.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Drives Variation in the Ionosphere’s Electron Density?

by K. J. Knizhnik 22 September 201625 August 2022

The long-term trend in the electron density of the ionospheric F layer may be natural, not man-made.

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