scholarly journals GLONASS Observation of Artificial Field‐Aligned Plasma Irregularities Near Magnetic Zenith During EISCAT HF Experiment

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Sato ◽  
M. T. Rietveld ◽  
N. Jakowski
2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Hysell

Abstract. Artificial E region field aligned irregularities (FAIs) have been observed during heating experiments at the HAARP facility using a new 30 MHz coherent scatter radar imager deployed near Homer, Alaska. Irregularities were observed during brief experiments on three quiet days in July and August, 2007, when the daytime E region critical frequency was close to 3 MHz. Irregularities were consistently generated and detected during experiments with O-mode HF pumping on zenith with a 1-min on, 1-min off CW modulation. The scattering cross sections, rise, and fall times of the echoes were observed as well as their spectral properties. Results were found to be mainly in agreement with observations from other mid- and high-latitude sites with some discrepancies. Radar images of the irregularity-filled volume on one case exhibited clear variations in backscatter power and Doppler shift across the volume. The images furthermore show the emergence of a small irregularity-filled region to the south southwest of the main region in the approximate direction of magnetic zenith.


1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 1150-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Oguti ◽  
S. Kokubun ◽  
K. Hayashi ◽  
K. Tsuruda ◽  
S. Machida ◽  
...  

The frequency of occurrence of pulsating auroras is statistically examined on the basis of all-sky TV data for 34 nights from five stations, in a range from 61.5 to 74.3° in geomagnetic latitude. The results are that: (1) occurrence probability of a pulsating aurora is 100% after 4 h in geomagnetic local time, (2) pulsating auroras occur in the morning hours along the auroral oval even when magnetic activity is as small as 0o ≤ Kp ≤ 1, (3) pulsating auroras occur even in the evening when Kp increases to greater than 3−, (4) drift of pulsating auroras is westward in the evening while it is eastward in the morning hours, (5) the region of pulsating auroras splits into two zones, 64 to 68° and 61 to 63° in geomagnetic latitude, after 4 h geomagnetic local time for Kp from 2o to 3−, and the splitting also appears to exist for greater Kp as evidenced by observation other than our auroral data. These results are discussed in relation to distributions of cold plasma irregularities and energetic electrons in the magnetosphere.


2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 5591-5599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn-Shyong Chen ◽  
Chien-Ya Wang ◽  
Yen-Hsyang Chu ◽  
Ching-Lun Su ◽  
Hiroyuki Hashiguchi

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. Mishin ◽  
W. J. Burke ◽  
T. Pedersen

Abstract. Observations of airglow at 630nm (red line) and 557.7nm (green line) during HF modification experiments at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) heating facility are analyzed. We propose a theoretical framework for understanding the generation of Langmuir and ion acoustic waves during magnetic zenith injections. We show that observations of HF-induced airglow in an underdense ionosphere as well as a decrease in the height of the emitting volume are consistent with this scenario.


1981 ◽  
Vol 86 (A5) ◽  
pp. 3496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Sahai ◽  
J. A. Bittencourt ◽  
N. R. Teixeira ◽  
H. Takahashi

Author(s):  
Dung Nguyen Thanh ◽  
Minh Le Huy ◽  
Christine Amory-Mazaudier ◽  
Rolland Fleury ◽  
Susumu Saito ◽  
...  

This paper presents the variations of the rate of change of Total Electron Content (TEC) index (ROTI), characterizing the occurrence of ionospheric plasma irregularities over Vietnam and neighboring countries in the Southeast Asian region using the continuous GPS data during the 2008-2018 period. The results showed that the occurrence of strong ROTI in all stations is maximum in equinox months March/April and September/October and depends on solar activity. The ROTI is weak during periods of low solar activity and strong during periods of high solar activity. There is an asymmetry between the two equinoxes. During maximum and declining phases of 2014-2016, occurrence rates in March equinox are larger than in September equinox, but during the descending period of 2010-2011, the occurrence rates in September equinox at almost all stations are larger than in March equinox. The correlation coefficients between the monthly occurrence rate of irregularities and the F10.7 solar index at the stations in the equatorward EIA crest region are higher than at those in the magnetic equatorial and the poleward EIA crest regions. The irregularity occurrence is high in the pre-midnight sector, maximum between 2000 LT to 2200 LT. The maximum irregularity occurrence is located around 4-5° degrees in latitude equator-ward away from the anomaly crests.


2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (A9) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hosokawa ◽  
T. Motoba ◽  
A. S. Yukimatu ◽  
S. E. Milan ◽  
M. Lester ◽  
...  

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