We present the results of studying the ionospheric F2 region airglow in the atomic-oxygen red line (λ = 6300Ǻ) when the ionosphere is pumped by high-power HF radio waves. Either thermal modulation of the background airglow brightness or, simultaneously with it, the red-line intensity enhancement were observed, depending on the ionospheric and plasma-wave parameters. Analysis of the red-line emission behavior makes it possible to separate the influence of the ohmic heating and acceleration of electrons by plasma turbulence on the airglow features.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 481–501, June 2017.
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Klimenko, V.V., Grach, S.M., Sergeev, E. et al. Features of the Ionospheric Artificial Airglow Caused by Ohmic Heating and Plasma Turbulence-Accelerated Electrons Induced by HF Pumping of the Sura Heating Facility. Radiophys Quantum El 60, 431–449 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-017-9812-0
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