The analysis of an ionospheric heating experiment in polar region

Author

Bin Xu ; Musong Cheng ; Zhengwen Xu ; Jian Wu ; Jun Wu ; Zhange Wang

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of Electronmagnetic Environ., Qingdao, China

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Based on the incoherent scatter radar data of the ionosphere heating experiment carried out in polar region on November 23th, 2011. The disturbance characteristic of electron density was analyzed, and a large density enhancement was found. The enhancement percent can be up to 500% near the reflection height, and away from the resonance region, the density enhancement can also be more than 70% in the height of 300km-580km. According to the analysis of incoherent scatter spectra, it is found that the huge enhancement in the reflection region was caused by coherent scatter, but the other enhancement should be true and the mechanism of electron density enhancement is presented.

Keywords

electron density; ionospheric disturbances; AD 2011 11 23; density enhancement; electron density disturbance characteristic; electron density enhancement mechanism; incoherent scatter spectra analysis; ionosphere heating experiment incoherent scatter radar data; ionospheric heating experiment analysis; large density enhancement; polar region; reflection height; reflection region huge enhancement; resonance region; Absorption; Heating; Ionosphere; Plasma temperature; Radar; Reflection; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929890

Filename

6929890