Lidar returns from the upper atmosphere of Kamchatka according to observation in 2008

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Lidar returns from the upper atmosphere of Kamchatka according to observation in 2008

Bychkov V.V.¹, Nepomnyashchii Yu.A.¹, Perezhogin A.S.¹, Shevtsov B.M.¹, Polekh N.M.²

Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS, Mirnaya 7, Paratunka, Kamchatka krai, Russia
Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia

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We present the experimental data which show that backscattered signals at the wavelength of 532 nm are correlated with parameters which determine the plasma content in the nocturnal F2 layer of the ionosphere. Based analysis of lidar data and the geophysical situation, we discuss the hypothesis of the possible role of highly excited Rydberg atoms in the formation of lidar returns from ionospheric altitudes.

Bychkov V.V., Nepomnyashchii Yu.A., Perezhogin A.S., Shevtsov B.M., Polekh N.M., Lidar returns from the upper atmosphere of Kamchatka according to observation in 2008 // Atmospherc and Oceanic Optics, 2014, Vol.27, №4, pp. 297-302.