Towards a self-consistent non-linear theory of radar auroral backscatter

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May 1986

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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 48, May 1986, p. 417-422.

Physics

128

Auroral Echoes, Backscattering, Radar Echoes, Self Consistent Fields, Atmospheric Diffusion, Atmospheric Heating, Boltzmann Transport Equation, E Region, Energy Distribution, Polarization (Waves)

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A new self-consistent nonlinear theory of radar auroral backscatter is presented. An important feature of this theory is a novel treatment of wave heating as an electron-plasmon collision process. With this formalism electron-plasmon collisions arise in an entirely self-consistent manner in both the perturbation equations and in the electron energy balance equation. The new theory allows the phase speeds of waves which give rise to radar auroral backscatter to be calculated as a good function of electron drift speed. The results of the theory are in good quantitative agreement with experimental observations and provide firm theoretical support for recently developed coherent backscatter radar data reduction techniques.

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