In this study,we present three experiments carried out at the EISCAT(European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association)heating facility on October 29 and 30,2015.The results from the first experiment showed overshoot...In this study,we present three experiments carried out at the EISCAT(European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association)heating facility on October 29 and 30,2015.The results from the first experiment showed overshoot during the O-mode heating period.The second experiment,which used cold-start X-mode heating,showed the generation of parametric decay instability,whereas overshoot was not observed.The third experiment used power-stepped X-mode heating with noticeable O-mode wave leakage.Parametric decay instability and oscillating two-stream instability were generated at the O-mode reflection height without the overshoot effect,which implies suppression of the thermal parametric instability with X-mode heating.We propose that the electron temperature increased because X-mode heating below the upper hybrid height decreased the growth rate of the thermal parametric instability.展开更多
A theoretical model which describes the small-scale irregularities excited by powerful high frequency (3–30 MHz) electromagnetic wave in ionosphere heating is investigated quantitatively in this paper. The model is...A theoretical model which describes the small-scale irregularities excited by powerful high frequency (3–30 MHz) electromagnetic wave in ionosphere heating is investigated quantitatively in this paper. The model is based on the transport equation in magnetic plasma and mode conversion from electromagnetic wave to electrostatic wave in ionospheric modification.Threshold electric field for exciting small-scale (meter scale) irregularities and spatial spectra of irregularities are analytically calculated by this model. The results indicate that background electron density and geomagnetic field play an important role for the threshold electric field and the spatial scale of the electron density irregularities. The results demonstrate that the electric field threshold increases with the decrease of the spatial scale of the irregularities. For exciting meter scale irregularities, the threshold electric field is about tens of mV m^(-1). The theoretical results are consistent with those of the experiments.展开更多
基金EISCAT is an international scientific association supported by research organizations in China(China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation(CRIRP)),Finland(Suomen Akatemia(SA)),Japan(National Institute of Polar Research(NIPR)and Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory(STEL)),Norway(The Research Council of Norway(NFR)),Sweden(Swedish Research Council(VR)),and the United Kingdom(Natural Environment Research Council(NERC)).This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,grants 41204111,41574146,41774162,and 41704155)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant 2017M622504).The experiment described in this work was carried out by the Russian team led by N.F.Blagoveshchenskaya.The data used in this research are available through the EISCAT Madrigal database(http://www.eiscat.se/madrigal/)and EISCAT Dynasonde database(https://dynserv.eiscat.uit.no/).
文摘In this study,we present three experiments carried out at the EISCAT(European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association)heating facility on October 29 and 30,2015.The results from the first experiment showed overshoot during the O-mode heating period.The second experiment,which used cold-start X-mode heating,showed the generation of parametric decay instability,whereas overshoot was not observed.The third experiment used power-stepped X-mode heating with noticeable O-mode wave leakage.Parametric decay instability and oscillating two-stream instability were generated at the O-mode reflection height without the overshoot effect,which implies suppression of the thermal parametric instability with X-mode heating.We propose that the electron temperature increased because X-mode heating below the upper hybrid height decreased the growth rate of the thermal parametric instability.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC grants 41204111,4157414641774162 and 41704155)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2017M622504)
文摘A theoretical model which describes the small-scale irregularities excited by powerful high frequency (3–30 MHz) electromagnetic wave in ionosphere heating is investigated quantitatively in this paper. The model is based on the transport equation in magnetic plasma and mode conversion from electromagnetic wave to electrostatic wave in ionospheric modification.Threshold electric field for exciting small-scale (meter scale) irregularities and spatial spectra of irregularities are analytically calculated by this model. The results indicate that background electron density and geomagnetic field play an important role for the threshold electric field and the spatial scale of the electron density irregularities. The results demonstrate that the electric field threshold increases with the decrease of the spatial scale of the irregularities. For exciting meter scale irregularities, the threshold electric field is about tens of mV m^(-1). The theoretical results are consistent with those of the experiments.