Definition of Riometer

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Riometer

The term 'Riometer' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' (Relative Ionospheric Opacity meter). A specially designed radio receiver for continuous monitoring of cosmic noise. The absorption of cosmic noise in the polar regions is very sensitive to the solar low-energy cosmic ray flux'.

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