• First observation of the anomalous electric field in the topside ionosphere by ionospheric modification over EISCAT 

      Kosch, Michael; Vickers, Hannah; Ogawa, Yasunobu; Senior, Andrew; Blagoveshchenskaya, Natalya (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-24)
      We have developed an active ground-based technique to estimate the steady state field-aligned anomalous electric field (E*) in the topside ionosphere, up to ~600 km, using the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) ionospheric modification facility and UHF incoherent scatter radar. When pumping the ionosphere with high-power high-frequency radio waves, the F region electron temperature is significantly ...
    • Snow avalanche segmentation in SAR images with Fully Convolutional Neural Networks 

      Bianchi, Filippo Maria; Grahn, Jakob; Eckerstorfer, Markus; Malnes, Eirik; Vickers, Hannah (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-10)
      Knowledge about frequency and location of snow avalanche activity is essential for forecasting and mapping of snow avalanche hazard. Traditional field monitoring of avalanche activity has limitations, especially when surveying large and remote areas. In recent years, avalanche detection in Sentinel-1 radar satellite imagery has been developed to improve monitoring. However, the current state-of-the-art ...
    • Thermospheric atomic oxygen density estimates using the EISCAT Svalbard Radar 

      Vickers, Hannah; Kosch, M. J.; Sutton, E.; Ogawa, Y.; La Hoz, Cesar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Coupling between the ionized and neutral atmosphere through particle collisions allows an indirect study of the neutral atmosphere through measurements of ionospheric plasma parameters. We estimate the neutral density of the upper thermosphere above ~250 km with the European Incoherent Scatter Svalbard Radar (ESR) using the year-long operations of the International Polar Year from March 2007 to ...