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On mechanisms for high-frequency pump-enhanced optical emissions at 557.7 and 630.0 nm from atomic oxygen in the high-latitude F-region ionosphere
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden
Tima Sergienko
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Urban Brändström
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Björn Gustavsson
Department of Physics and Technology, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Michael T. Rietveld
EISCAT Scientific Association, Ramfjordmoen, Norway
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E. Belova, S. Kirkwood, and T. Sergienko
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N. M. Schlatter, N. Ivchenko, B. Gustavsson, T. Leyser, and M. Rietveld
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K. Axelsson, T. Sergienko, H. Nilsson, U. Brändström, Y. Ebihara, K. Asamura, and M. Hirahara
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Short summary
Powerful radio waves transmitted into the ionosphere from the ground were used to study electron energization in the pumped ionospheric plasma turbulence, by detecting optical emissions from atomic oxygen. Our results obtained with the EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association) facilities in northern Norway and optical detection with the ALIS (Auroral Large Imaging System) in northern Sweden suggest that long-wavelength upper hybrid waves are important in accelerating electrons.
Powerful radio waves transmitted into the ionosphere from the ground were used to study electron...
