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Ionospheric effects induced by the Chelyabinsk meteor

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The data, obtained for the first time, permit the conclusion to be drawn, with a high degree of probability, that large meteors similar to the Chelyabinsk meteor, while entering the Earth’s atmosphere, are able to cause perturbations within the whole ionospheric stratum, rather than only at the sporadic Es layer altitudes, as previously thought.

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  1. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia

    G. V. Givishvili, L. N. Leshchenko & V. D. Kuznetsov

  2. Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Alpatov, S. V. Zhuravlev & V. B. Lapshin

  3. Arti Geophysical Laboratory-Observatory, Bulashevich Institute of Geophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Arti, Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia

    S. A. Grigor’eva & O. A. Kusonskii

  4. St. Petersburg Branch of Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. V. Rybakov

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Original Russian Text © G.V. Givishvili, L.N. Leshchenko, V.V. Alpatov, S.A. Grigor’eva, S.V. Zhuravlev, V.D. Kuznetsov, O.A. Kusonskii, V.B. Lapshin, M.V. Rybakov, 2013, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2013, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 304–311.

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Givishvili, G.V., Leshchenko, L.N., Alpatov, V.V. et al. Ionospheric effects induced by the Chelyabinsk meteor. Sol Syst Res 47, 280–287 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094613040138

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