VLF wave generation by amplitude-modulated HF heater waves at Gakona, Alaska
Experiments conducted at Gakona, Alaska, using the intensity‐modulated HF heating waves to interact with electrojet currents for the generation of VLF waves, are reported. An unexpected large increasing rate from 4 to 8 kHz in the frequency dependency of the VLF radiation intensity was observed. The...
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Published in | Geophysical research letters Vol. 35; no. 13; pp. L13101 - n/a |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Washington, DC
American Geophysical Union
01.07.2008
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | Experiments conducted at Gakona, Alaska, using the intensity‐modulated HF heating waves to interact with electrojet currents for the generation of VLF waves, are reported. An unexpected large increasing rate from 4 to 8 kHz in the frequency dependency of the VLF radiation intensity was observed. The peak value at 8 kHz was intense (about 7.5 dB above that of the 2 kHz signal used as a marker) and the wave intensity from 5 to 17 kHz appeared to be abnormally high (i.e., stronger than that at 2 kHz). In the experiments, we also observed the enhancement of spread‐E irregularities at electrojet current altitudes due to the amplitude‐modulated heater wave. These results and theoretical analyses suggest that temporally modulated electrojet currents mix with heater wave‐excited density irregularities to form whistler mode currents, which generate VLF whistler waves directly with much larger intensities and better directivity than a Hertzian dipole can. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-G9PHMNRW-W istex:713DA39CF80F29E2FAB747FB4E1535F94C6DFC91 ArticleID:2008GL034414 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0094-8276 1944-8007 |
DOI: | 10.1029/2008GL034414 |