Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE): Review of observations and current understanding

M Rapp, FJ Lübken - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004 - acp.copernicus.org
Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) are very strong radar echoes primarily studied in
the VHF wavelength range from altitudes close to the polar summer mesopause. Radar …

Past, present and future of active radio frequency experiments in space

AV Streltsov, JJ Berthelier, AA Chernyshov… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Active ionospheric experiments using high-power, high-frequency transmitters,“heaters”, to
study plasma processes in the ionosphere and magnetosphere continue to provide new …

New capabilities of the upgraded EISCAT high‐power HF facility

MT Rietveld, A Senior, J Markkanen… - Radio Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The high‐power HF (high‐frequency) facility (commonly known as Heating) near Tromsø,
Norway, which is an essential part of the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association …

The science case for the EISCAT_3D radar

I McCrea, A Aikio, L Alfonsi, E Belova, S Buchert… - Progress in Earth and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The EISCAT (European Incoherent SCATer) Scientific Association has provided
versatile incoherent scatter (IS) radar facilities on the mainland of northern Scandinavia (the …

Dust in the planetary system: Dust interactions in space plasmas of the solar system

I Mann, N Meyer-Vernet, A Czechowski - Physics reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Cosmic dust particles are small solid objects observed in the solar planetary system and in
many astronomical objects like the surrounding of stars, the interstellar and even the …

A review of Mesosphere–Stratosphere–Troposphere (MST) radar developments and studies, circa 1997–2008

WK Hocking - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2011 - Elsevier
Studies of the Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere by radar have shown great
growth in the last 10–15 years. The growth has occurred in both diversity and depth in all …

News from the lower ionosphere: A review of recent developments

M Friedrich, M Rapp - Surveys in Geophysics, 2009 - Springer
Current knowledge concerning the lower ionosphere (D-and E-region) is reviewed with an
emphasis on new aspects of empirical results. Starting with an overview of experimental …

Frequency spectra and vertical profiles of wind fluctuations in the summer Antarctic mesosphere revealed by MST radar observations

K Sato, M Kohma, M Tsutsumi… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Continuous observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes at heights from 81–93 km
were performed using the first Mesosphere‐Stratosphere‐Troposphere/Incoherent Scatter …

First observations of the PMSE overshoot effect and its use for investigating the conditions in the summer mesosphere

O Havnes, C La Hoz, LI Næsheim… - Geophysical research …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We report from the first campaign, with the EISCAT radars and heating facility, which looked
for a proposed new PMSE overshoot effect resulting when PMSE is being affected by a …

Modeling the plasma response to small‐scale aerosol particle perturbations in the mesopause region

Ø Lie‐Svendsen, TA Blix, UP Hoppe… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a numerical model that solves the time‐dependent, one‐dimensional,
coupled continuity and momentum equations for an arbitrary number of charged and neutral …