Past, Present and Future of Active Radio Frequency Experiments in Space

• Published in: Space Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Streltsov, A. V., Berthelier, Jean-Jacques, Chernyshov, A. A., Frolov, V. L., Honary, F., Kosch, M. J., Mccoy, R. P., Mishin, E. V., Rietveld, M. T.
• Other Authors: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), United States Air Force (USAF)-United States Air Force (USAF), HELIOS - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow (RAS), Lobachevsky State University Nizhni Novgorod, Kazan Federal University (KFU), Lancaster University, South African National Space Agency (SANSA), University of the Western Cape, Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), EISCAT Scientific Association Norway, The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø, Norway (UiT)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Artificial aurora; EISCAT; Active experiments; Ionospheric heating; HAARP; SURA; Arecibo; ULF wave; Ionospheric feedback instability; VLF waves; Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma instabilities; Wave-particle interactions; Ionosphere; DEMETER; Ionospheric resonator; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-SPACE-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Space Physics [physics.space-ph]
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01916927; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01916927/document; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01916927/file/Review-Streltsov.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0549-7

International audience Active ionospheric experiments using high-power, high-frequency transmitters, “heaters”, to study plasma processes in the ionosphere and magnetosphere continue to provide new insights into understanding plasma and geophysical proceses. This review describes the heating facilities, past and present, and discusses scientific results from these facilities and associated space missions. Phenomena that have been observed with these facilities are reviewed along with theoretical explanations that have been proposed or are commonly accepted. Gaps or uncertainties in understanding of heating-initiated phenomena are discussed together with proposed science questions to be addressed in the future. Suggestions for improvements and additions to existing facilities are presented including important satellite missions which are necessary to answer the outstanding questions in this field.