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dc.contributor.authorMann, Ingrid
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-11T08:09:52Z
dc.date.available2023-09-11T08:09:52Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractDust plasma phenomena occur in the Earth ionosphere in particular in the meteor ablation zone at altitudes ~50-95 km and above where radar meteors form. Radar also detect coherent polar mesospheric radar echoes (PME), i.e. radar echoes that are caused by spatial variations in the plasma refractive index at around 80 to 90 km altitude in the Earth’s mesosphere. During summer, PM(S)E form in the presence of ice particles and are linked to the electric surface charge of the particles. Straightforward quantitative descriptions of PME are however still missing as well as the role of turbulence in their formation. In addition, radar can under certain conditions, detect incoherent scatter. Incoherent scatter results from electromagnetic waves scattering at electrons that are coupled to ions and charged dust through plasma oscillations and to the neutral particles through collisions. The contribution of dust to incoherent scatter is small, but possibly an important tool for future studies. When illuminated with electromagnetic waves of frequency &omega;<sub>0</sub> the waves back scattered from electrons would form a broad distribution around &omega;<sub>0</sub> due to the Doppler shift caused by the electron thermal motion. If the radar wavelength, λ<sub>radar</sub> is large in comparison to the plasma Debye length, λ<sub>Debye</sub> where λ<sub>Debye</sub> ≈ (T<sub>e</sub>/n<sub>e</sub>q<sub>e</sub>)<sup>1/2</sup> the plasma oscillations that couple the electrons to other charged components become important. Resonances occur and in the absence of bulk motion are at frequency shifts corresponding to the frequencies, &omega;<sub>wave</sub> of the plasma oscillations &omega; = &omega;<sub>0</sub> ± &omega;<sub>wave</sub>. The two predominant resonances are from plasma (Langmuir) waves with the plasma frequency &omega;<sub>p</sub>, where &omega;<sup>2</sup><sub>p</sub> ≈ &omega;<sub>e</sub><sup>2</sup> ≈ n<sub>e</sub>e<sup>2</sup>/m<sub>e</sub> and from ion acoustic waves with frequency &omega;<sub>ia</sub>, where &omega;<sup>2</sup><sub>ia</sub> ≈ (T<sub>e</sub> + 3 T<sub>i</sub>) / m<sub>i</sub> with T<sub>e</sub> and T<sub>i</sub> being electron and ion temperature, respectively and mi the ion mass. In addition, for T<sub>i</sub> ≈ T<sub>e</sub>, which is the case in the lower ionosphere, Landau Damping occurs for the ions and ion acoustic waves and the resonances around &omega; = &omega;<sub>0</sub> ± &omega;<sub>ia</sub> smear out toward &omega;<sub>0</sub> forming a central peak, often denoted as the ion line. Incoherent scatter is observed when (λ<sub>Debye</sub> / λ<sub>Radar</sub>)<sup>2</sup> << 1 and at a sufficiently large transmit power. As the charged dust acts analogous to the ions but with larger mass, it influences the inner part of the ion line. So far, the dust component could only be reliably derived from the observations in a few cases, because at the altitudes of interest the incoherent scatter signal is weak and in addition influenced by ion-neutral collisions, negative ions and positive molecular ions. The differences in electron, ion and dust temperatures also play a role and the scattering varies with frequency. Based on dust parameters derived from models and observations with rocket instruments the radar signals are estimated.en_US
dc.descriptionInvited Presentation 16th International Conference on the Physics of Non-Ideal Plasmas 24 - 28 September 2018, Saint - Malo, Franceen_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1621906
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30868
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.titleRadar studies of ionospheric dust - plasma phenomenaen_US
dc.typeConference objecten_US
dc.typeKonferansebidragen_US


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