Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Enell, C.-F., Kero, A., Turunen, E., Ulich, Th., Verronen, P. T., Seppälä, A., Marple, S., Honary, F., Senior, A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Kilpisjärvi; Norway; Sodankylä; Tromsø; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-1575-2005; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/23/1575/2005/

The upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere, or ionospheric D region, is an atmospheric layer which is difficult to access experimentally. A useful method that also has a large potential for further studies is artificial heating of electrons by means of powerful radio transmitters. Here we estimate...