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Analysis of vertical sounding data obtained on the network of domestic stations equipped with Parus-A ionosondes has shown that anomalous reflections from the ionosphere previously detected in Moscow are observed throughout the whole mid-latitude region. It is shown that the longitudinal effect impacts the probability of the appearance of anomalous reflections. Their spatiotemporal scales are determined. The horizontal dimensions of the anomalies, as a rule, range from several tens to several hundred, possibly a thousand, kilometers. The region of altitudes at which anomalous reflections are observed extends from the E region to F2 layer. The frequency range in which they are most often recorded is from 2 to 14 MHz. The time of their existence ranges from a fraction of minutes to many hours.
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Original Russian Text © G.V. Givishvili, L.N. Leshchenko, 2017, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 472–480.
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Givishvili, G.V., Leshchenko, L.N. Spatiotemporal parameters of anomalous reflections from the ionosphere. Geomagn. Aeron. 57, 434–441 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793217040077
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