Articles | Volume 38, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1101-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-1101-2020
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22 Oct 2020
Regular paper |  | 22 Oct 2020

Ducting of incoherent scatter radar waves by field-aligned irregularities

Michael T. Rietveld and Andrew Senior

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We provide an explanation for mysterious radar echoes that look like increases in electron density during incoherent scatter radar measurements made when a high-power high-frequency (4–8 MHz) radio wave is transmitted up into the ionosphere. These echoes are seen at heights from about 200 to 650 km. We suggest that radar echoes at 930 MHz are guided along the earth's magnetic field by electron density irregularities created by the powerful radio wave, similar to light in an optical fibre.