Observing gravity waves due to artificial heating system
Document Type : Original Article
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Student (PhD), Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Physics, Imam Hossein University (IHU), Tehran, Iran
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- PhD student, Optics and Laser, Faculty of Physics, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jssta.2026.505054.1230
Abstract
In this article, the measurement of changes in the total electron content of the Earth's ionosphere along the path of the GPS satellite signal due to the effects of the SURA artificial heating system on 15/03/2010 is described. A decrease in the values of Total Electron Content (TEC) is related to sunset and twilight region. But a different behavior is observed in the trend of TEC data. The experimental data obtained from two stations MDVJ and ARTU were examined. The results show that Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TID) and Gravity Waves (GW) are also propagated in long distances, and their intensity is greater in the east of the heating system than in the west. Also, the range of the waves or disturbances propagated is about 0.25 TEC The type of waves that are emitted are gravity waves. These waves were observed in the fourth and fifth harmonic of the heating period.
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Volume 5, Issue 2
March 2026Pages 136-143
- Receive Date 08 February 2025
- Revise Date 01 September 2025
- Accept Date 28 June 2026