Multiexprimental Studies of the Wind and Wave Patterns in the Upper Ionosphere and Atmosphere

“电离层”是海拔85公里以上的高层大气中的带电区域，是由波长短于100埃的太阳紫外线和X射线的电离作用产生的。电离层对通信很重要，因为它反射波长超过几米的无线电和雷达波长，并散射和折射较短的波长。在长波和短波长的无线电通信以及地面到卫星的通信中，许多干扰都是由电离层中的波和不规则现象产生的。该奖项是针对对电离层的研究，特别是对在赤道地区和高纬度地区引起电离层不规则现象的机制的研究。

The "ionosphere" is the electrically charged region of the upper atmosphere above about 85 km altitude that is produced by the ionizing action of solar ultraviolet and X rays of wavelength shorter than about 100 angstroms. The ionosphere is important for communications in that it reflects radio and radar wavelengths longer than a few meters wavelength, and scatters and refracts shorter wavelengths. Much interference in both long and short wavelength radio communication, and for ground to satellite communcation, is produced by waves and irregularities in the ionosphere. This award is directed to studies of the ionosphere, and especially of the mechanisms giving rise to ionospheric irregularities, both at equatorial regions and at high latitudes.