Incoherent scatter spectral measurements of the summertime high-latitude D-region with the EISCAT UHF radar

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D Region, Eiscat Radar System (Europe), Incoherent Scatter Radar, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ultrahigh Frequencies, Auroras, Noctilucent Clouds, Polar Regions, Summer

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Measurements of incoherent scatter spectra from the auroral D-region were obtained during the summer of 1985 using a sophisticated pulse-to-pulse correlation technique with the EISCAT UHF radar. The spectral width variations with altitude are interpreted in terms of ion-neutral collision frequency, neutral temperature, mean positive ion mass and negative ion number density. Close agreement with predictions of currently available atmospheric models is obtained, except for a narrow layer around 86 km altitude. This layer showed evidence of increased positive ion mass for most of the experiment, and for short intervals indicated a mean ion mass close to 200 a.m.u. It is suggested that the layer is composed of proton hydrates in the vicinity of a structured noctilucent cloud, and that the index of hydration is occasionally large.

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