In situ diagnostics of ionospheric plasma with the resonance cone technique

Details In situ diagnostics of ionospheric plasma with the resonance cone technique In situ diagnostics of ionospheric plasma with the resonance cone technique

Nov 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9819163r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A11, p. 19,163-19,172

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Earth Ionosphere, Electron Beams, Electron Density Profiles, Electron Energy, Field Aligned Currents, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Temperature, Plasma Drift, Plasma Radiation, Resonance, Sounding Rockets, Spacecraft Antennas

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Electron density and temperature profiles in the mid latitude ionosphere are derived from the 'resonance cone' in the radiation pattern of high-frequency point antennas aboard a sounding rocket. By comparing the shapes for reversed wave propagation direction it is possible to study electron drift motion and field-aligned beams. The data from the COREX-I (Cooperative Resonance Cone Experiment) experiment show close agreement of electron density and temperature profiles from resonance cones with results from independent instruments. There was no indication of a substantial temperature anomaly at E region altitude during this flight. An unexpected electron drift can be interpreted as electron Hall current in the presheath of the negative charged payload. Field-aligned beams, which has been suggested in connection with the temperature anomaly, were not detected.

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