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Radiotomographical Detection of Ionosphere Disturbances Caused by Ground Explosions

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Long-lived local disturbances of the ionospheric density over the site of ground industrial explosions were detected by the ionosphere radiotomography method. It is assumed that the density anomalies arise because of the initiation of vortex motion in a neutral component after acoustic impulse passage.

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  1. Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    E. S. Andreeva & V. E. Kunitsyn

  2. Schmidt Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Bol'shaya Gruzinskaya 10, Moscow, 123810, Russia

    M. B. Gokhberg & S. L. Shalimov

  3. Polar Geophysical Institute, Kola Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, Russia

    E. D. Tereshchenko & B. Z. Khudukon

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Andreeva, E.S., Gokhberg, M.B., Kunitsyn, V.E. et al. Radiotomographical Detection of Ionosphere Disturbances Caused by Ground Explosions. Cosmic Research 39, 10–14 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002827609677

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