Investigation of circumterrestrial space by means of incoherent scatter radar

1Taran, VI, 1Bogovsky, VK, 1Lysenko, VN, 1Grigorenko, Ye.I, Yemelyanov, LY
1Institute of Ionosphere of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Косм. наука технол. 2001, 7 ;(Suppl. 2):036-041
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2001.02s.036
Мова публікації: английский
Анотація: 
The results of investigations of ionosphere by means of the Kharkov incoherent scatter radar are presented. The measurements realized jointly with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Haystack Observatory) and Cornell University (Arecibo Observatory) made it possible to reveal the longitudinal and latitudinal variations of topside hydrogen ion behavior. Ionosphere observations in Kharkov during the solar eclipse on August 11, 1999 first have been carried out up to 1500-km altitude. They have shown the significant changes in state of the F region and topside ionosphere including hydrogen ion concentration, plasma fluxes, that is the evidence of significant infringement of plasma exchange processes between ionosphere and protonosphere.
References: 
1. Erickson P. J., Taran V. I., Foster J. C., et al. Simultaneous Longitudinal and Latitudinal Topside Light Ion Variations from Kharkov, Millstone Hill, and Arecibo Radar Observations. AGU Fall 1999 report, December 13, 1999 (San Francisco, USA, 1999).

2. Taran V. I., Lisenko V. N., Grigorenko Ye. I., et al. Kharkov radar observations of hydrogen ion variations during the solar eclipse of August, 1999.URSI 2000 meeting report, January 5-8, 2000 (University of Colorado, USA, 2000).