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- Title
Results of Determining the Electron Number Density in the Ionospheric E Region from Relaxation Times of Artificial Periodic Irregularities of Different Scales.
- Authors
Belikovich, V. V.; Bakhmet’eva, N. V.; Bubukina, V. N.; Vyakhirev, V. D.; Kalinina, E. E.; Komrakov, G. P.; Tolmacheva, A. V.
- Abstract
We present the first results of determining the electron number density in the ionospheric E region by a novel technique based on the creation of artificial periodic irregularities when the ionosphere is affected by powerful radio emission at two frequencies. Using the results of the measurements performed in October 2006 during heating of the ionosphere by the “Sura” facility radiation at frequencies 4.7 and 5.6 MHz, we obtained the electron number density profiles in an altitude range of 100 to 110 km. Features of the procedure of measurement and calculation of the electron number density are described in detail. It is shown that the method can be used for a study of the irregular structure of the lower ionosphere.
- Subjects
IONOSPHERIC research; ELECTRON distribution; RADIO auroras; LOWER ionosphere; RADIO frequency
- Publication
Radiophysics & Quantum Electronics, 2008, Vol 51, Issue 6, p431
- ISSN
0033-8443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11141-008-9045-3