The triggering of local substorm activity by HF SURA heater
Abstract
The results of analysis of helio-geophisical conditions of experiments 2007-2012 on local modification of ionosphere by powerful HF radio waves of SURA facility are presented. All experiment were conducted at sector of local time of Harang discontinuity for most probable influence of powerful HF pumping during the heater functioning on activation of natural processes at subauroral ionosphere - magnetosphere region. The peculiarity of these experiments was that all of these were executed with use of operative frequency, which was higher than upper hybrid frequency for background plasma of F2-layer maximum. It was obtained that, at least, in two experiments the observed substorm activity in zone northern SURA heater could be stimulated by its functionment.In the present study the ray tracing analysis clearly shows that ionosphere density decreasing (from DEMETER and IONEX data) at higher than SURA latitudes can redirect and refocused transmitter beam power in northward structure away from the beam center by refraction. By this way we have chance to participate by means of radiated SURA HF power in subauroral and auroral processes It is shown that results of groundbased, International Space Station and satellite DEMETER measurements as in vicinity a SURA location and in magnetic conjugated region support the conclusion (output) about reasons and possibility of substorm localization by action of SURA heater. The possible mechanisms of the local substorm activation are discussed.
- Publication:
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40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014cosp...40E2817R