Significance of short-scale irregularities for radar diagnostics of HF-driven Langmuir turbulence in the ionosphere

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Sep 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001jgr...10618525m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 106, Issue A9, p. 18525-18542

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Thermosphere-Energy Deposition, Magnetospheric Physics: Auroral Phenomena, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Waves And Tides

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In experiments where ground-based VHF/UHF radars are used to diagnose Langmuir turbulence driven by powerful HF waves transmitted from the ground into the ionosphere, there has been a severe observability aspect: The excited Langmuir wave vector spectrum must contain a component satisfying the actual radar Bragg condition. In order to explain earlier observations, in particular those made by the Arecibo facility, it was proposed long ago that the actual wave number spectra were widened by refraction in small-scale irregularities, or ducts. This mechanism of improved observability is discussed in a broad approach in this paper. The main contribution is a mathematical derivation of the theory of parametric decay instability in the presence of magnetic-field-aligned ducts. This implies that the decay is into discrete duct modes. The threshold is slightly higher and the growth rate is slightly lower than for a corresponding homogeneous medium. Moreover, this tendency is more pronounced for the higher duct modes, which are those that may satisfy conditions for observability. The mathematical derivation is based on the driven and damped Zakharov model with ducts included. The model is run numerically, confirming the approximate decay instability theory and demonstrating improved observability. The numerics also demonstrate higher Langmuir energy density inside the ducts than outside.

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