Creation of an artificial ionized layer in the atmosphere by microwave nanosecond radiation
- Russian Academy of Science, Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation). Inst. of Applied Physics
The paper reviews recent results of IAP microwave discharge group in investigation of a pulse-periodical nanosecond microwave discharges in converging wave beams. Performed experiments are the laboratory modeling of plasma chemical kinetics in an artificial ionized layer (AIL) created in the atmosphere by microwave beams using a ground-based transmitters. The interest to the AIL is explained by the variety of tasks which can be solved with its help. At present there are suggestions to use AIL for: distant radio- and television communication, generation of ozone, diagnostics of atmosphere, clearing of atmosphere from pollution. For the first time the possibility of using a nanosecond microwave discharge in wave beams to replenish the ozone decrease in the region of local ``ozone holes`` has been demonstrated experimentally. The regimes of effective ozone generation with low expenditure of energy have been defined. The efficiency of chlorofluorocarbons (freon) destruction has been defined with the help of AIL in troposphere at the heights of 10--20 km on the basis of laboratory measurements of plasma decay rate of a nanosecond microwave discharge. It has been experimentally shown that if the concentration of the atmosphere freon surpasses the threshold value then it is destroyed quickly in the processes of dissociative attachment of electrons.
- OSTI ID:
- 153869
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950612-; ISBN 0-7803-2669-5; TRN: IM9602%%359
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22. international conference on plasma science, Madison, WI (United States), 5-8 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of IEEE conference record -- abstracts: 1995 IEEE international conference on plasma science; PB: 312 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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