• Radar observations of thermal plasma oscillations in the ionosphere 

      Vierinen, Juha; Gustavsson, Björn Johan; Hysell, David; Sulzer, M.; Perillat, Phil; Kudeki, Erhan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-02)
      Incoherent scatter radar observations of ionospheric plasmas rely on echoes from electron density fluctuations with properties governed by the dispersion relations for ion acoustic and Langmuir waves. Radar observations of echoes associated with Langmuir waves (plasma lines) from thermal plasma are weak, and only a few near‐thermal level measurements have been reported. Plasma line echoes are typically ...
    • Solar Flare Effects on 150-km Echoes Observed Over Jicamarca: WACCM-X Simulations 

      Pedatella, Nick; Chau, Jorge Luis; Vierinen, Juha; Qian, L; Reyes, Pablo; Kudeki, Erhan; Lehmacher, G; Oppenheim, Meers (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-09-11)
      Jicamarca Radio Observatory observations and Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere‐ionosphere eXtension (WACCM‐X) simulations are used to investigate the effects of the September 7, 2005 X‐17 solar flare on 150‐km echoes, electron densities, and vertical plasma drifts. The solar flare produces a remarkably similar response in the observed 150‐km echoes and simulated electron ...
    • Solved and unsolved riddles about low-latitude daytime valley region plasma waves and 150-km echoes 

      Chau, Jorge Luis; Longley, William; Reyes, Pablo; Pedatella, Nick; Otsuka, Yuichi; Stolle, Claudia; Liu, Huixin; Vierinen, Juha; Milla, Marco; Hysell, David L.; Oppenheim, Meers; Patra, A.; Lehmacher, G; Kudeki, Erhan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-27)
      The Earth’s atmosphere near both the geographic and magnetic equators and at altitudes between 120 and 200 km is called the low-latitude valley region (LLVR) and is among the least understood regions of the ionosphere/thermosphere due to its complex interplay of neutral dynamics, electrodynamics, and photochemistry. Radar studies of the region have revealed puzzling daytime echoes scattered from ...