Artificial periodic irregularities in the high‐latitude ionosphere excited by the HAARP facility
Abstract
We present results of the new observations of artificial periodic irregularities (APIs) in the ionosphere using the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) heating facility carried out in late May and early June 2014.The objective of this work is to detect API using high‐latitude facility and analyze possible differences of the temporal and spatial variations of the API echoes in the high (HAARP) and middle (Sura) latitudes. Irregularities were created by the powerful wave of X mode and were sounded using the short probing pulses signals of X mode. API echoes were observed in the D, E, and F regions of the ionosphere. Amplitudes and characteristic times of the API echoes were measured. The API growth and decay times at HAARP (high latitudes) observed were similar to those at the Sura heating facility (midlatitudes).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1002/2015rs005938
Entities
People
- A. V. Shindin
- C. L. Siefring
- E. N. Sergeev
- G. M. Milikh
- M. McCarrick
- N. V. Bakhmetieva
- P. A. Bernhardt
- S. M. Grach
Organizations
- N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- NIRFI
- Russian Center for Science Information
- Russian Science Foundation
- United States Naval Research Laboratory
- University of Maryland