Electron density inversed by plasma lines induced by suprathermal electron in the ionospheric modification experiment |
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Authors: | Xiang Wang Chen Zhou |
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Affiliation: | Department of Space Physics, School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China |
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Abstract: | Incoherent scatter radar (ISR) is the most powerful ground-based measurement facility to study the ionosphere. The plasma lines are not routinely detected by the incoherent scatter radar due to the low intensity, which falls below the measured spectral noise level of the incoherent scatter radar. The plasma lines are occasionally enhanced by suprathermal electrons through the Landau damping process and detectable to the incoherent scatter radar. In this study, by using the European Incoherent Scatter Association (EISCAT) UHF incoherent scatter radar, the experiment observation presents that the enhanced plasma lines were observed. These plasma lines were considered as manifest of the suprathermal electrons generated by the high-frequency heating wave during the ionospheric modification. The electron density profile is also obtained from the enhanced plasma lines. This study can be a promising technique for obtaining the accurate electron density during ionospheric modification experiment. |
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Keywords: | Suprathermal electron Plasma lines Ionosphere heating experiment Incoherent scatter radar Electron density |
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