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HF Induced Modifications of the Electron Density Profile in the Earth's Ionosphere Using the Pump Frequencies Near the Fourth Electron Gyroharmonic
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  • Alexey Vladimirovich Shindin,
  • Evgeny Sergeev,
  • Savely M. Grach,
  • Gennady M. Milikh,
  • Paul Bernhardt,
  • Carl Siefring,
  • Michael Joseph McCarrick
Alexey Vladimirovich Shindin
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

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Evgeny Sergeev
Lobachevsky University
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Savely M. Grach
Lobachevsky University
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Gennady M. Milikh
University of Maryland, College Park
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Paul Bernhardt
Naval Research Laboratory
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Carl Siefring
Naval Research Laboratory
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Michael Joseph McCarrick
Naval Research Laboratory
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Abstract

We discuss results on plasma density profile modifications in the F-region ionosphere caused by HF heating with the frequency f0 in the range [(-150 kHz)-(+75 kHz)] around the 4th electron gyroharmonic 4fc. The experiments were conducted at the HAARP facility on June 2014. The multi-frequency Doppler Sounder (MDS) which measures the phase and amplitude of reflected sounding radio waves complemented by the observations of the Stimulated Electromagnetic Emission (SEE) were used for the diagnostics of the plasma perturbations. We detected noticeable plasma expulsion from the reflection region of the pumping wave, and from the upper hybrid region, the expulsion from the latter one had been strongly suppressed for f0≈4fc. The plasma expulsion from the upper hybrid region was accompanied with the sounding wave’s anomalous absorption slower developing for f0≈4fc. Also, slower developing and weaker expulsion was detected for the height region between the pump wave reflection and upper hybrid altitudes.
02 Dec 2021Published in Remote Sensing volume 13 issue 23 on pages 4895. 10.3390/rs13234895