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dc.contributor.authorRietveld, Michael T.
dc.contributor.authorIsham, B.
dc.contributor.authorHagfors, T.
dc.contributor.authorBelyey, Vasyl
dc.contributor.authorLa Hoz, Cesar
dc.contributor.authorKhudukon, B.
dc.contributor.authorBrekke, Asgeir
dc.contributor.authorYurik, R.Yu
dc.contributor.authorTereshchenko, E.D.
dc.contributor.authorGrill, M.
dc.contributor.authorHeinselman, C.
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-24T10:13:25Z
dc.date.available2007-01-24T10:13:25Z
dc.date.issued2005-01-31
dc.description.abstractWhen the Earth's ionosphere is irradiated by a radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic wave of sufficiently high power density and tuned to match a natural E- or F-region plasma frequency, ionospheric magnetoionic wave modes may be excited and may generate RF electromagnetic sideband waves via nonlinear interactions. These secondary emissions, which may then escape from the ionosphere, have been termed stimulated electromagnetic emission or SEE. The frequency spectra of this radiation has been studied extensively, and a number of characteristic spectral features have been identified and in some cases related to particular plasma processes. The separation in frequency between the RF pump and the harmonics of the local electron gyrofrequency is critical in determining the amount of anomalous absorption suffered by the pump wave and the spectral properties of the stimulated sidebands. The pump can excite electrostatic waves which do not propagate away but can in some cases be observed via radio-wave scattering from the electron density fluctuations associated with them. These enhanced density fluctuations are created by processes commonly referred to as upper-hybrid and Langmuir turbulence. Langmuir turbulence has been the subject of 930-MHz scattering observations with antenna scanning through several pre-selected angles between the geographic and geomagnetic zenith directions, and a preference for pointing angles between the Spitze angle and geomagnetic field-aligned was identified. Other phenomena, such as the generation of enhanced electron temperatures and artificial aurora, have more recently been shown to have special behavior at similar angles, near but apparently not quite at field-aligned. In view of this evidence for angular structure in several pump-induced effects, in light of the rich variety of SEE phenomena strongly dependent on the geomagnetic field via the frequency interval between the pump and the gyrofrequency harmonics, and in view of the not yet understood but complex relationship between electrostatic fluctuations and SEE, it is of interest to investigate experimentally whether a similar angular structure is present in the various spectral features of the SEE signals and to compare the results with radar and other observations of RF-pump-induced effects. To this end we describe a simple two-element radio interferometer designed to search for aspect angle dependence of SEE features. We present an example of the initial data produced by this system, and draw preliminary conclusions based on the example data.en
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dc.identifier.issn1432-0576 (elektronisk)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/565
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_392
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherEuropean Geosciences Unionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAnnales Geophysicae 23(2005), pp 55-74en
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectionosphereen
dc.subjectactive experimentsen
dc.subjectradio scienceen
dc.subjectnonlinear phenomenaen
dc.subjectspace plasma physicsen
dc.subjectturbulenceen
dc.subjectinstruments and techniquesen
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Elektromagnetisme, akustikk, optikk: 434en
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Rom- og plasmafysikk: 437en
dc.titleAn interferometer experiment to explore the aspect angle dependence of stimulated electromagnetic emission spectra.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer reviewed
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