Parametric instability induced by X-mode Heating at EISCAT

Wang, Xiang and Zhou, Chen and Honary, Farideh and Ni, Binbin and Zhao, Zhengyu (2016) Parametric instability induced by X-mode Heating at EISCAT. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121 (10). pp. 10536-10548. ISSN 2169-9402

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Abstract

In this paper, we present results of parametric instability induced by X-mode wave heating observed by EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association) radar at Tromsø, Norway. Three typical X-mode ionospheric heating experiments on October 22, 2013, October 19, 2012 and February 21, 2013 are investigated in details. Both parametric decay instability (PDI) and oscillating two-stream instability (OTSI) are observed during the X-mode heating period. We suggest that the full dispersion relationship of the Langmuir wave can be employed to analyze the X-mode parametric instability excitation. Parallel electric field component of X-mode heating wave can also exceed the parametric instability excitation threshold under certain conditions.

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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11 Oct 2016 08:56
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