DISTURBANCES IN THE IONOSPHERE PRODUCED BY HIGH-POWER CONTINUOUS RADIO TRANSMISSIONS: NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

Numerical simulations of disturbances in the electron temperature and density arising in the ionosphere from high-power continuous radio transmissions at various frequencies, power levels, and polarizations have been performed. It has been demonstrated that huge disturbances arise in the ionospheric D region electron temperature. In the E and F regions, the nocturnal electron temperature is also significantly disturbed. The electron density is disturbed much less than the electron temperature at all altitudes.