Feng, ZhaomeiKudeki, ErhanWoodman Pollitt, Ronald FranciscoChau Chong Shing, Jorge LuisMilla, Marco2018-07-132018-07-132004-06-16Feng, Z., Kudeki, E., Woodman, R. F., Chau, J. L., & Milla, M. (2004). F region plasma density estimation at Jicamarca using the complex cross‐correlation of orthogonal polarized backscatter fields.==$Radio Science, 39$==(3), RS3015. https://doi.org/10.1029/2003RS002963index-oti2018http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/1846The differential‐phase method for Jicamarca F region density measurements has been modified to fit the real and imaginary components of the cross‐correlation of orthogonally polarized radar returns. The original method [Kudeki et al., 2003; Feng et al., 2003] based on fitting the cross‐correlation phase could only make use of correlation data from lower F region heights since the phase noise in low‐SNR upper F region returns is typically non‐Gaussian. However, upper F region correlation data become useful in the modified method since the fluctuations in real and imaginary parts of cross‐correlation remain Gaussian even under low‐SNR conditions.application/pdfenghttps://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecPlasma densityComplex cross‐correlationDifferential‐phase methodhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.01Radio Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1029/2003RS002963