Ionospheric heating with oblique waves. Volume 1: Electron density perturbations
Abstract
The transport and chemical equations that described electron density and temperature changes produced by electric fields in the ionosphere are derived and cast into a form suitable for numerical integration. By using those equations in conjunction with previously developed methods for calculating electric fields near caustics, the density and temperature changes produced by an oblique ionospheric high frequency heater can be computed straightforwardly. The necessary inputs are: (1) heater power, (2) heater radiation pattern, (3) heat frequency, and (4) model ionosphere. Analytical solutions for idealized heater beamshapes indicate that heat conduction and diffusion are also presented.
- Publication:
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Scientific Report No. 1
- Pub Date:
- September 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988psrc.rept.....F
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Electric Fields;
- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Ionospheric Disturbances;
- Ionospheric Heating;
- Perturbation;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Earth Ionosphere;
- High Frequencies;
- Numerical Integration;
- Radiation Distribution;
- Radio Transmission;
- Thermal Conductivity;
- Geophysics