How to Use ionosphere in a Sentence

ionosphere

noun
  • At low frequencies, the ionosphere kicks in and gets in the way.
    Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That results in a much thinner, less dense ionosphere, at least until the next dawn.
    Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Two new cars seek to raise an already high bar somewhere into the upper ionosphere.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
  • The ionosphere is where signals from satellites, as well as long-wave radio, must travel through.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The launch tested a new system that helps studies of the ionosphere and aurora.
    Jennifer Calfas, Time, 29 June 2017
  • This is the first detection of metal ions in the ionosphere of any planet other than Earth.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Scientists know the ionosphere evolves in a 24-hour process, from day to night, says Frissell.
    Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
  • And the ionosphere's signal fluctuates both with the seasons and based on what's going on with space weather.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Moreover, the anomalies from the storm are constantly shifting through the ionosphere like ripples in a pool.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 May 2024
  • But little is known about this boundary zone, called the ionosphere, which begins about 60 miles above Earth.
    Alex Stuckey, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Because the pulse takes time to reach the ionosphere, there's a delay between the lightning and the appearance of the elve.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The signal must have been created as the Parker probe cruised through the ionosphere of Venus.
    Mike Wehner, BGR, 5 May 2021
  • To escape the ionosphere that blocks lower frequencies, radio astronomers will have to search from space or the far side of the moon.
    Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Thunderstorms and hurricanes can create pressure waves that find their way to the ionosphere.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The site’s phased array radar bounces energy off the ionosphere to scan for objects beyond the line of sight, well over the horizon.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
  • These rings affect the way the ionosphere is charged, researchers report today in Science.
    Andrew Wagner, Science | AAAS, 11 Dec. 2017
  • High-frequency waves can knock out of the magnetosphere to the ionosphere, which creates the green picket fences.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2019
  • Earth’s upper atmosphere called the ionosphere is charged by the sunlight hitting it and this will change rapidly during an eclipse.
    Guest, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2017
  • What inspired the idea that JJ was actually this spirit that was in the ionosphere?
    Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 25 May 2021
  • The ionosphere features a high concentration of ions and free electrons that reflects radio waves.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The work tracks how energy spreads out from the site of a lightning bolt into the ionosphere via an electromagnetic pulse.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The data will inform how the ionosphere behaves when the sun is blocked, in comparison to before and after the eclipse.
    Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Earth’s fluctuating ionosphere can impair a link between a satellite and a ground station.
    Sven Bilén, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2020
  • These rippled outward from the point in the ionosphere directly above the earthquake’s epicentre.
    The Economist, 11 June 2020
  • Radio communication has everything to do with the sun and its impact on the ionosphere.
    Denise Coffey, courant.com, 8 July 2019
  • Shortwave signals travel long distances by bouncing between the Earth and layers in the ionosphere high above.
    IEEE Spectrum, 21 July 2021
  • The rocket launch also punched a temporary, 900-km-wide hole into the plasma of the ionosphere.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Solar storms can also influence the Earth’s ionosphere and stop the reflection of radio waves.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Many radio signals travel long distances by bouncing off a region of the upper atmosphere called the ionosphere.
    Ryan French, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The experiment also measured a 271% increase in the scale height of the ionosphere.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2024

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