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Atmospheric Turbulence and Internal Gravity Waves Examined by the Method of Artificial Periodic Irregularities

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A method for studying the Earth’s ionosphere at altitudes of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere based on creating artificial periodic irregularities in the ionospheric plasma by means of powerful radio waves is breafly described. Methods for determining the temperature and density of the neutral component and the velocity of vertical and turbulent motions by measuring the characteristics of the signal backscattered by the irregularities are described. The results of experiments performed on a SURA heating facility aimed at a comprehensive investigation of the natural processes occurring in the Earth’s lower ionosphere due to the propagation of atmospheric waves and turbulent phenomena are examined. Based on measurements of the amplitude and phase of the signal scattered by periodic irregularities, the most important characteristics of the neutral and plasma components of the Earth’s atmosphere at altitudes of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere are determined. Further research on the subject is discussed.

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    N. V. Bakhmet’eva, G. I. Grigoriev, A. V. Tolmacheva & E. E. Kalinina

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Bakhmet’eva, G.I. Grigoriev, A.V. Tolmacheva, E.E. Kalinina, 2018, published in Khimicheskaya Fizika, 2018, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 19–30.

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Bakhmet’eva, N.V., Grigoriev, G.I., Tolmacheva, A.V. et al. Atmospheric Turbulence and Internal Gravity Waves Examined by the Method of Artificial Periodic Irregularities. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 12, 510–521 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793118030041

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