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Stimulated plasma instability and nonlinear phenomena in the ionosphereSeveral hundred topside ionograms were used to study simulated wave-particle interactions in the ionosphere. The study combined the benefits of high-frequency-resolution Alouette 2 analog sounder data with advanced digital graphics techniques. The study shows that the sounder phase can cause significant plasma heating when the plasma parameter is confined to specific ranges. The observations support the Harris instability generation process and the nonlinear Landau damping maintaining process for long-duration diffuse resonances. The observations also suggest that the so-called Q resonances have characteristics which imply that generation processes in a sounder-stimulated plasma turbulence may be involved.
Document ID
19830031420
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Benson, R. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Radio Science
Volume: 17
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
83A12638
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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