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

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: C.-F. Enell, A. Kero, E. Turunen, Th. Ulich, P. T. Verronen, A. Seppälä, S. Marple, F. Honary, A. Senior
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2005
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Kilpisjärvi; Norway; Sodankylä; Tromsø; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-23-1575-2005; https://doaj.org/article/4d96442833784a00887664d42dbe43fc

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...