DIY Northern Lights
DIY Northern Lights
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DIY北极光
DOI:
10.1093/astrogeo/att208
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
Bryers C
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Bryers C
6.44 A&G• December 2013• Vol. 54 heating them up, and there is a decrease in the heater wave energy as a result. Because the collision frequency is temperature-dependent, a change in temperature causes a change in the absorption. This effect depends on the heater wave frequency and power: the net effect is that a high-power wave undergoes more absorption than a low-power wave throughout the entire D-region. We estimate this absorption effect using the model of Senior et al.(2010) and found it to vary between 3 db and 12 dB for the lowest and highest heater powers respectively. Another effect to be considered is the divergence of the beam as it reaches the reflection altitude. As the heater wave passes through the ionosphere, which varies in density with altitude, refraction can occur. Using the electron density measurements from the EISCAT radar, a model can be used to determine by how much the energy density decreases as the beam diverges. Typically this can decrease the energy density by 20%. Once these effects are accounted for, a quantitative comparison between the heater power flux and excitation rate can be made.
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发表时间:
1999
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作者:
B. U. E. Brändström;T. Leyser;A. Steen;M. Rietveld;B. Gustavsson;T. Aso;Masaki Ejiri
通讯作者:
Masaki Ejiri