[Elecraft] [OT] Thunder storms affect Ionosphere study

[Mike Flowers]

Found this at SFGATE.COM:

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/St-Cloud-State-professor-is-part-of-NA
SA-project-4447670.php

- 73 de Mike, K6MKF, W6NAG, NCDXC, Conway Reef 2012, K3-P3 Addict, Maui


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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Frantz
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:41 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] [OT] Thunder storms affect Ionosphere study

David Perlman writes in the San Francisco Chronicle: New satellite to study
how Earth storms impact space.

A group of University of California astronomers with the help of NASA grant
are launching a satellite in 2017 to study the details of how large thunder
storms, particularly in the tropics can drive thermal waves upward and cause
major temperature changes in the ionosphere.

My own take on this story is that this study may provide a new window on how
ionospheric propagation can be changed by tropospheric storms and affect
radio communication. YMMV.

The full article may be available at SFGate.com, but I'm not online now to
chase it down.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

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