Effects of field line mapping on the gradient-drift instability in the coupled E and F region high-latitude ionosphere

Radio Science ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Chaturvedi ◽  
M. J. Keskinen ◽  
S. L. Ossakow ◽  
J. A. Fedder
Keyword(s):  
Field Line ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
F Region ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Gradient Drift ◽  
Drift Instability

Three-dimensional nonlinear simulations of the gradient drift instability in the high-latitude ionosphere

Radio Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1901-1913 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Guzdar ◽  
N. A. Gondarenko ◽  
P. K. Chaturvedi ◽  
S. Basu
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Nonlinear Simulations ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Gradient Drift ◽  
Drift Instability

scholarly journals A Statistical study of the Doppler spectral width of high-latitude ionospheric F-region echoes recorded with SuperDARN coherent HF radars

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1769-1781 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-P. Villain ◽  
R. André ◽  
M. Pinnock ◽  
R. A. Greenwald ◽  
C. Hanuise
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Spectral Width ◽  
Auroral Oval ◽  
F Region ◽  
Radar Network ◽  
Period 2 ◽  
Time Period ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Data Points

Abstract. The HF radars of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) provide measurements of the E × B drift of ionospheric plasma over extended regions of the high-latitude ionosphere. We have conducted a statistical study of the associated Doppler spectral width of ionospheric F-region echoes. The study has been conducted with all available radars from the Northern Hemisphere for 2 specific periods of time. Period 1 corresponds to the winter months of 1994, while period 2 covers October 1996 to March 1997. The distributions of data points and average spectral width are presented as a function of Magnetic Latitude and Magnetic Local Time. The databases are very consistent and exhibit the same features. The most stringent features are: a region of very high spectral width, collocated with the ionospheric LLBL/cusp/mantle region; an oval shaped region of high spectral width, whose equator-ward boundary matches the poleward limit of the Holzworth and Meng auroral oval. A simulation has been conducted to evaluate the geometrical and instrumental effects on the spectral width. It shows that these effects cannot account for the observed spectral features. It is then concluded that these specific spectral width characteristics are the signature of ionospheric/magnetospheric coupling phenomena.Key words. Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions; ionospheric irregularities)

RUSSIAN HIGH-LATITUDE NETWORK OF OBLIQUE IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
D. D. Rogov ◽  
◽  
V. M. Vystavnoi ◽  
N. F. Blagoveshchenskaya ◽  
P. E. Baryshev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Radio Waves ◽  
Radio Communication ◽  
Remote Diagnostics ◽  
F Region ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Ionospheric Sounding

The network for monitoring the high-latitude ionosphere by the method of oblique ionospheric sounding deployed in the Russian Arctic region is considered. The study describes the main results of operational data processing for studying the high-latitude ionosphere and determining the conditions for the optimum operation of radio communication systems and over-the-horizon radars in this region. The study demonstrates the potential of the network as a tool for the remote diagnostics of parameters of small-scale artificial ionospheric irregularities induced by powerful HF radio waves in the mid-latitude ionospheric F-region.

scholarly journals Aspect sensitive E- and F-region SPEAR-enhanced incoherent backscatter observed by the EISCAT Svalbard radar

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Dhillon ◽  
T. R. Robinson ◽  
T. K. Yeoman
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Electrostatic Waves ◽  
Incoherent Scatter ◽  
F Region ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Plasma Line ◽  
Sporadic E Layer ◽  
Sporadic E ◽  
Field Aligned Irregularities

Abstract. Previous studies of the aspect sensitivity of heater-enhanced incoherent radar backscatter in the high-latitude ionosphere have demonstrated the directional dependence of incoherent scatter signatures corresponding to artificially excited electrostatic waves, together with consistent field-aligned signatures that may be related to the presence of artificial field-aligned irregularities. These earlier high-latitude results have provided motivation for repeating the investigation in the different geophysical conditions that obtain in the polar cap ionosphere. The Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar (SPEAR) facility is located within the polar cap and has provided observations of RF-enhanced ion and plasma line spectra recorded by the EISCAT Svalbard UHF incoherent scatter radar system (ESR), which is collocated with SPEAR. In this paper, we present observations of aspect sensitive E- and F-region SPEAR-induced ion and plasma line enhancements that indicate excitation of both the purely growing mode and the parametric decay instability, together with sporadic E-layer results that may indicate the presence of cavitons. We note consistent enhancements from field-aligned, vertical and also from 5° south of field-aligned. We attribute the prevalence of vertical scatter to the importance of the Spitze region, and of that from field-aligned to possible wave/irregularity coupling.

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