Satellite observations of plasma-wave disturbances induced by high-power radio emission from the NWC transmitter

摘要

In this work, we present the results of in-situ measurements of the characteristics of electromagnetic and plasma disturbances in the ionospheric region modified by high-power emission from the NWC transmitter, which were obtained using the onboard equipment of the French microsatellite DEMETER. It is shown that under the influence of VLF emissions from the ground-based transmitters, artificial plasma-wave channels with typical transverse scales of about 1000 km can be formed in the ionospheric plasma.