Welcome to the UNB Radio and Space Physics Laboratory (RSPL)

Grise Fiord 2015
CHAIN 2019 Team
CHAIN 2019 Team
Grise Fiord 2015
Grise Fiord 2015
Grise Fiord 2015
Grise Fiord 2015
Pond Inlet 2009
Pond Inlet 2009
Grise Fiord 2024
Grise Fiord 2024
Eureka 2024
Eureka 2024
Eureka 2024
Eureka 2024
Resolute 2024
Resolute 2024
Grise Fiord 2024
Grise Fiord 2024
Grise Fiord 2015
Grise Fiord 2015



Research Areas

Instrumentation Ionospheric Model Development Fundamental Research
• Canadian Advanced Digital Ionosonde (CADI) • Empirical Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (E-CHAIM) • Physics of Solar - Terrestrial interaction
• Sanimut-based Ionosonde • Assimilative Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (A-CHAIM) • Vertical coupling in the atmosphere
• Broadband RF receivers • Canadian High Arctic Scintillation Model (CHASM) • Metrology
• GNSS receiver technology   • Data science

Current state of the ionosphere:

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Projects

• Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN) • Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Models (CHAIM) • Sanimut HF Measurement Platform
• Assimilative Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (A-CHAIM) • Empirical Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (E-CHAIM) • Retrospective Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (R-CHAIM)
• Space Weather Ionospheric Network Canada (SWINCan)

Most Recent Publications


  • Lu, S., Xing, Z., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Oksavik, K., Lyons, L., Shiokawa, K., Wang, Y., Ma, Y., Wang, X., Xu, T., Sun, S., Zhang, D., (2025), Ionospheric Scintillation and Geomagnetic Disturbance Caused by Space Hurricanes, Space Weather. American Geophysical Union (AGU). link

  • Günzkofer, F., Stober, G., Kero, J., Themens, D., Tjulin, A., Gulbrandsen, N., Tsutsumi, M., Borries, C., (2025), Indications for particle precipitation impact on the ion-neutral collision frequency analyzed with EISCAT measurements, Ann. Geophys.. Copernicus GmbH. link

  • Thayaparan, T., Chiu, M., Themens, D., (2025), Modeling the Impact of Sporadic-E on Over-the-Horizon Radar (OTHR) in the Polar Region, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sensing Lett.. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). link

  • Meziane, K., Mazelle, C., Simon‐Wedlund, C., Halekas, J., Hamza, A., Bertucci, C., Mitchell, D., Espley, J., (2025), Field‐Aligned Proton Beams Upstream of the Martian Bow Shock: First Observations, Geophysical Research Letters. American Geophysical Union (AGU). link

  • Nickolaenko, A., Hayakawa, M., Koloskov, O., (2025), Impact of Solar Activity on Schumann Resonance: Model and Experiment, Atmosphere. MDPI AG. link

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