• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

Radio Science

Visit the journal.

A false-color image of Venus’s atmosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Analysis Provides a Fresh View of the Atmosphere on Venus

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 17 January 20195 January 2022

Researchers apply a radio holographic method to standard Venusian atmospheric data, resulting in outputs with finer vertical resolution and revealing small-scale atmospheric structures.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

High Resolution Imaging of Ionosphere by Lightning

by V. Pasko 14 December 20185 July 2022

The three-dimensional distribution of electron density in the Earth’s ionosphere could be obtained using the broadband radiation of naturally occurring lightning discharges.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Polarization Measurements Probe the Physics of Lightning

by Minghua Zhang 31 October 20185 January 2022

A new measurement capability can detect the polarization of the radio frequency wave of lightning sources, which reveals different forms of lightning breakdown processes.

Satellites emit signals that can get weakly disrupted in unexpected regions of the ionosphere, research shows.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Equatorial Ionospheric Scintillation During Daytime

by E. Underwood 27 September 2018

Scintillation—flickers and distortions in radio waves passing through the ionosphere—can happen during daytime and at much lower dip latitudes than previously thought.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Meteors Can be Used to Calibrate a Radar System

by P. Wilkinson 24 July 201821 October 2021

Every day meteors burn up in the atmosphere with highly predictable results, reflecting radio waves that could be used to calibrate antennas.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

How to Build a Better Light Trap

by E. Underwood 4 April 201825 March 2022

Nanosized chambers capture bits of light for infinite amounts of time.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Managing Radio Traffic Jams with the Cloud

by E. Underwood 7 February 201818 October 2022

Sensor networks and data mining allow for fully automated, real-time monitoring of radio waves.

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.

A new study tracks meteor trails in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Meteor Trails to Study the Mesosphere

by E. Underwood 9 August 201716 March 2023

Twelve years of radar data reveal new phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

AGU journal covers, IEEE Explore logo
Posted inAGU News

Radio Science and Space Weather Now Available on IEEE Xplore

by Ja. Liu 9 March 201720 April 2023

Two AGU journals are poised to reach a broader audience.

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 Older posts
A view of a Washington, D.C., skyline from the Potomac River at night. The Lincoln Memorial (at left) and the Washington Monument (at right) are lit against a purple sky. Over the water of the Potomac appear the text “#AGU24 coverage from Eos.”

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

Mapping the Ocean Floor with Ancient Tides

6 May 20256 May 2025
Editors' Highlights

First Benchmarking System of Global Hydrological Models

7 May 20257 May 2025
Editors' Vox

Decoding Crop Evapotranspiration

6 May 20256 May 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack