Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model
International audience 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 transmit...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00317809v1 2023-11-12T04:16:37+01:00 Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model Enell, C.-F. Kero, A. Turunen, E. Ulich, Th. Verronen, P. T. Seppälä, A. Marple, S. Honary, F. Senior, A. Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory University of Oulu Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Lancaster University 2005-07-27 https://hal.science/hal-00317809 https://hal.science/hal-00317809/document https://hal.science/hal-00317809/file/angeo-23-1575-2005.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00317809 https://hal.science/hal-00317809 https://hal.science/hal-00317809/document https://hal.science/hal-00317809/file/angeo-23-1575-2005.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00317809 Annales Geophysicae, 2005, 23 (5), pp.1575-1583 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2005 ftinsu 2023-10-25T16:25:11Z International audience 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 the effect of D-region heating for a few typical cases of high electron density ? daylight, typical auroral electron precipitation, and a solar proton event ? by coupling a model of RF electron heating to the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry (SIC) model. The predicted effects are among others an increase in the ratio of the concentration of negative ions to that of free electrons, and an increase in the absorption of cosmic noise as measured by riometers. For the model runs presented in this paper we have calculated the absorption for the frequency (38.2MHz) of the IRIS imaging riometer in Kilpisjärvi, Finland, as observing the ionosphere above the EISCAT Heater in Tromsø, Norway. The predicted enhancements of the absorption are 0.2?0.8dB, an effect which is clearly detectable. Keywords. Ionosphere (Active experiments; Ion chemistry and composition; Wave propagation) Article in Journal/Newspaper EISCAT Kilpisjärvi Sodankylä Tromsø Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Kilpisjärvi ENVELOPE(20.767,20.767,69.034,69.034) Norway Sodankylä ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) Tromsø |
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[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences Enell, C.-F. Kero, A. Turunen, E. Ulich, Th. Verronen, P. T. Seppälä, A. Marple, S. Honary, F. Senior, A. Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model |
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International audience 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 the effect of D-region heating for a few typical cases of high electron density ? daylight, typical auroral electron precipitation, and a solar proton event ? by coupling a model of RF electron heating to the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry (SIC) model. The predicted effects are among others an increase in the ratio of the concentration of negative ions to that of free electrons, and an increase in the absorption of cosmic noise as measured by riometers. For the model runs presented in this paper we have calculated the absorption for the frequency (38.2MHz) of the IRIS imaging riometer in Kilpisjärvi, Finland, as observing the ionosphere above the EISCAT Heater in Tromsø, Norway. The predicted enhancements of the absorption are 0.2?0.8dB, an effect which is clearly detectable. Keywords. Ionosphere (Active experiments; Ion chemistry and composition; Wave propagation) |
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Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory University of Oulu Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Lancaster University |
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Enell, C.-F. Kero, A. Turunen, E. Ulich, Th. Verronen, P. T. Seppälä, A. Marple, S. Honary, F. Senior, A. |
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Enell, C.-F. Kero, A. Turunen, E. Ulich, Th. Verronen, P. T. Seppälä, A. Marple, S. Honary, F. Senior, A. |
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Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model |
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Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model |
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Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model |
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Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model |
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Effects of D-region RF heating studied with the Sodankylä Ion Chemistry model |
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effects of d-region rf heating studied with the sodankylä ion chemistry model |
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ENVELOPE(20.767,20.767,69.034,69.034) ENVELOPE(26.600,26.600,67.417,67.417) |
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Kilpisjärvi Norway Sodankylä Tromsø |
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EISCAT Kilpisjärvi Sodankylä Tromsø |
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EISCAT Kilpisjärvi Sodankylä Tromsø |
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ISSN: 0992-7689 EISSN: 1432-0576 Annales Geophysicae https://hal.science/hal-00317809 Annales Geophysicae, 2005, 23 (5), pp.1575-1583 |
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