HF echoes from ionization potentially produced by high-altitude discharges

Conference · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:484524

Roussel-Dupre, R; Fitzgerald, T J; Symbalisty, E ^[1]

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In this paper the authors report on recent radar measurements taken during the month of October 1994 with the LDG HF radar in the Ivory Coast, Africa as part of the International Equatorial Electrojet Year. The purpose of this experimental effort in part was to study the effects of thunderstorms on the ionosphere. At the same time, the authors decided to carry out a set of experiments of an exploratory nature to look for echoes that could potentially arise from ionization produced in the mesosphere. The two leading candidates for producing transient ionization in the mesosphere are meteors and high-altitude discharges. Each is discussed in the context of these measurements.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 484524
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-97-341; CONF-970724-2; ON: DE97004774; TRN: 97:003834
• Resource Relation: Conference: 23. international conference on phenomena in ionized gases, Toulouse (France), 17-22 Jul 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
MESOSPHERE
IONIZATION
TRANSIENTS
ELECTROJETS
EQUATOR
LIGHTNING
IONOSPHERE
REMOTE SENSING
RADAR