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As the transition region between the lower and upper atmosphere, this layer is of critical importance for ionospheric studies. The most economical but effective method to observe this layer is using ionosonde, which, however, is incapable of capturing the finer structure or the internal inhomogeneity of the Es layer as the range resolution is on the order of kilometers. To overcome this limitation, we employ the frequency domain interferometry (FDI) technique, a technique that has been successfully applied to the analysis of some radar and sonar measurements. Here, we use the Es layer measurements near Wuhan, China (114\u00b022\u2032E, 30\u00b030\u2032N) on 8 June 2021 as examples to showcase the capability of this technique. Our results show that the spatial resolution of ionosonde imaging is remarkably increased: the complexity of the internal fine structure in the Es layer can be well observed in the FDI-processed ionograms, whereas the intrinsic range resolution is several kilometers. Moreover, by comparing the ionograms obtained with and without the FDI technique, it is found that the FDI-processed ionogram is particularly suitable for the observation of evolutional processes in the Es layer, as well as the identification of different types of Es layer. With this level of spatial resolution, ionosonde, in combination with the FDI technique, opens the possibility for more refined observations of the Es layer.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14081915","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,19]],"date-time":"2022-04-19T02:39:31Z","timestamp":1650335971000},"page":"1915","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Improved Ionosonde Monitoring of the Sporadic E Layer Using the Frequency Domain Interferometry Technique"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Tongxin","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guobin","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2692-9451","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chen","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2834-1598","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chunhua","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Binbin","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhengyu","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"},{"name":"Institute of Space Science and Applied Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"72","DOI":"10.1016\/j.asr.2009.03.006","article-title":"Occurrence of sporadic-E layer over the ionospheric station of Rome: Analysis of data for thirty-two years","volume":"44","author":"Pietrella","year":"2009","journal-title":"Adv. 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