Study of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere by the Method of Creating Artificial Periodic Irregularities of the Ionospheric Plasma

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Nataliya V. Bakhmetieva, Gennadiy I. Grigoriev
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: ionosphere; mesosphere; lower thermosphere; artificial periodic irregularities; electron density; neutral temperature; plasma velocity; turbulence; sporadic E layer; waves; Norway; Tromso; Sura; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091346

This article presented a brief review of studies of the Earth’s ionosphere at the heights of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere by a method based on the creation of artificial periodic inhomogeneities (APIs) of the ionospheric plasma by high-frequency radiation from powerful thermal installations...