Artificial heating paradox of the lower ionosphere

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dc.contributor.advisorGordon, William E.en_US
dc.creatorKantor, Ivan Jelineken_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T21:59:07Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-04-22T21:59:07Zen_US
dc.date.issued1972en_US
dc.description.abstractAn experiment to heat the lower ionosphere by irradiating it by a. 40 MHz transmitter shows an apparent cooling of the ionosphere below 90 km altitude. Considering the interaction of the radio wave with the ionospheric electrons cooling would hardly be unexpected. This apparent paradox, is explained using a two fluid continuum theory of incoherent scattering which includes unequal electron and ion temperatures. This analysis demonstrates the expected heating and permits an electron density and collision frequency profile below 100 km to be obtained. The results are obtained using a library of contour plots prepared for this purpose. The library will be useful in future experiments.en_US
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen_US
dc.format.extent69 ppen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis SP.SCI. 1972 Kantoren_US
dc.identifier.citationKantor, Ivan Jelinek. "Artificial heating paradox of the lower ionosphere." (1972) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89949">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/89949</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE0984en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/89949en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleArtificial heating paradox of the lower ionosphereen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentSpace Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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