Robust estimation of interplanetary scintillation

Tracking heliospheric disturbances by interplanetary scintillation

Coronal mass ejections are known as a solar cause of significant geospace disturbances, and a fuller elucidation of their physical properties and propagation dynamics is needed for space weather predictions. The scintillation of cosmic radio sources caused by turbulence in the solar wind (interplanetary scintillation; IPS) serves as an effective ground-based method for monitoring disturbances i...

Tomography of the Solar Wind using Interplanetary Scintillation

Interplanetary scintillation observations of interaction regions in the solar wind

Co-rotating interaction regions (CIRs) between fast and slow streams of plasma are a prominent feature of the solar wind. Measurements of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) using the three widely separated antennas of the EISCAT facility have been used to detect the compression regions at the leading edges of interaction regions and to determine the location and velocity of the structure. Obser...

Developments in the use of EISCAT for interplanetary scintillation

The antennas of EISCAT have been used for interplanetary scintillation (IPS) studies of the solar wind for many years. The main science found from these studies is obtained through the cross-correlation of signals from antennas having the longest baseline, providing more accurate information on the different solar wind streams which may be present in the line of sight. The development of dualfr...

Space Weather Studies Using Low-frequency Interplanetary Scintillation Observations

Plasma disturbances originating on the Sun, such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are a major factor in determining ‘space weather’ in the near-Earth environment. Virtually the only current source of routine observations of these disturbances as they propagate through the interplanetary medium are interplanetary scintillation (IPS) data. We review current work on time-dependent tomographic rec...