Data and code for "Consolidated Amateur Radio Signal Reports as Indicators of Intense Sporadic E Layers"

This dataset supports a case study demonstrating the value and validity of using consolidated amateur (‘ham’) radio reception reports as indicators of the presence of intense ionospheric sporadic E (Es). It consists of MATLAB code for the processing and mapping of amateur radio signal report data according to this novel approach, as well as input, output and comparator data.

Keywords:

amateur radio report data radio path mapping

Subjects:

Atmospheric physics and chemistry

Upper Atmosphere Processes & Geospace

Tools, technologies and methods

Remote Sensing & Earth Observation

Cite this dataset as:
Deacon, C., 2022. Data and code for "Consolidated Amateur Radio Signal Reports as Indicators of Intense Sporadic E Layers". Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-01152.

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Data

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Input, output and comparator data

Code

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MATLAB code

Creators

Chris Deacon
University of Bath

0000-0002-1613-8632

Contributors

University of Bath
Rights Holder

Coverage

Collection date(s):

18 August 2018

Documentation

Data collection method:

Full details of the methodology used may be found in the associated manuscript.

Additional information:

The code and data should be unzipped to the same directory. Data in MS Excel format include amateur radio reception data from WSPRNet, ionosonde data from seven sites (Chilton, Roquetes, Dourbes, Rome, Juliusruh, Pruhonice, Sopron), and Es in the 28 MHz, 50 MHz and 70 MHz bands. Spot list data for these three bands and data on the highest frequency vertically reflected are provided as MATLAB MAT-files. Output plots are provided as TIFF images and MP4 videos.

Methodology link:

Deacon, C., Mitchell, C., and Watson, R., 2022. Consolidated Amateur Radio Signal Reports as Indicators of Intense Sporadic E Layers. Atmosphere, 13(6), 906. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13060906.