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The work proposes methods for the study of artificial, magnetically oriented, ionosphere inhomogeneities and for its practical implementation. The developed approach makes it possible to determine the most probable longitudinal sizes and distances comparable with the wavelength of heat radiation between inhomogeneities along and across the Earth’s magnetic field, as well as the speed and direction of their movement. The method uses a software-defined radio system, which enables the remote performance of the necessary measurements. The results of observations in experiments on the formation of magnetically oriented artificial inhomogeneities at Arecibo Observatory are presented. They confirm that the topology of magnetically oriented ionospheric inhomogeneities can be determined based on the proposed method.
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Sivokon, V.P. A New Method for Research on Magnetically Oriented Ionospheric Inhomogeneities using a Program of Radio-System Determination. Geomagn. Aeron. 60, 236–242 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793220020140
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