M. J. Kosch

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

152

Co-Authors

Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora (2008)

Gustavsson, B., Kosch, M.J., Senior, A., Kavanagh, A.J., Brändström, B.U.E., Blixt, E.M.

Black auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within a uniform diffuse auroral background where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Black auroras typically appear...

Statistical Relationships Between Cosmic Radio Noise Absorption and Ionospheric Electrical Conductances in the Auroral Zone. (2007)

Senior, A., Kavanagh, A. J., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F.

Statistical models expressing the Hall and Pedersen conductances and their ratio as functions of cosmic noise absorption (CNA) are derived for five intervals of magnetic local time (MLT). The models...

Temporal Evolution of Pump Beam Self-focusing at the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. (2007)

Kosch, M. J., Pedersen, T., Mishin, E., Starks, M., Gerken-Kendall, E., Sentman, D., ...

On 4 February 2005 the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility was operated at 2.85 MHz to produce artificial optical emissions in the ionosphere while passing through the...

Coordinated Optical and Radar Observations of Ionospheric Pumping for a Frequency Pass through the Second Electron Gyroharmonic at HAARP. (2007)

Kosch, M. J., Pedersen, T., Mishin, E., Oyama, S., Hughes, J., Senior, A., ...

On 4 February 2005, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility was operated in O and X mode while pointing into the magnetic zenith to produce artificial optical emissions in...

Spatiotemporal Evolution of Radio Wave Pump-induced Ionospheric Phenomena near the Fourth Electron Gyroharmonic. (2007)

Ashrafi, M., Kosch, M. J., Kaila, K., Isham, B.

On 12 November 2001, the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) high-frequency (HF) radio wave transmitter facility, operating in O-mode at 5.423 MHz with 550 MW effective radiated power, produced...

Statistical relationships between cosmic radio noise absorption and ionospheric electrical conductances in the auroral zone. (2007)

Senior, A., Kavanagh, A. J., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F.

Statistical models expressing the Hall and Pedersen conductances and their ratio as functions of cosmic noise absorption (CNA) are derived for five intervals of magnetic local time. The models are...

On the location and structure of the artificial 630-nm airglow patch over Sura facility (2007)

Grach, S. M., Kosch, M. J., Yashnov, V. A., Sergeev, E. N., Atroshenko, M. A., Kotov, P. V.

Results are presented of the artificial optical emission of the atomic oxygen red line (the radiation of level O(1D) with a wavelength of 630 nm) from the HF-pumped ionosphere, obtained in September...

On the location and structure of the artificial 630-nm airglow patch over Sura facility (2007)

Grach, S. M., Kosch, M. J., Yashnov, V. A., Sergeev, E. N., Atroshenko, M. A., Kotov, P. V.

Results are presented of the artificial optical emission of the atomic oxygen red line (the radiation of level O(1D) with a wavelength of 630 nm) from the HF-pumped ionosphere, obtained in September...

Persistent Enhancement of the HF Pump-induced Plasma Line Measured With a UHF Diagnostic Radar at HAARP. (2006)

Oyama, S., Watkins, B. J., Djuth, F. T., Kosch, M. J., Bernhardt, P. A., Heinselman, C. J.

Plasma lines excited by a powerful, high-frequency (HF) radio wave are studied using data obtained with an ultrahigh frequency (UHF) radar at HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program)...

EISCAT Radar and Optical Studies of Black Aurora: A Signature of Magnetospheric Turbulence? (2006)

Kosch, M. J., Gustavsson, B., Blixt, E. M., Pedersen, T., Senior, A., Kavanagh, A. J., ...

Black auroras are recognised as spatially well-defined regions within a uniform diffuse auroral background where the optical emission is significantly reduced, or possibly totally absent. Black...

Effects of high-latitude atmospheric gravity wave disturbances on artificial HF radar backscatter (2006)

Senior, A., Kosch, M. J., Yeoman, T. K., Rietveld, M. T., Mccrea, I. W.

Observations of HF radar backscatter from artificial field-aligned irregularities in an ionosphere perturbed by travelling disturbances due to atmospheric gravity waves are presented. Some features...

Effects of high-latitude atmospheric gravity wave disturbances on artificial HF radar backscatter (2006)

Senior, A., Kosch, M. J., Yeoman, T. K., Rietveld, M. T., Mccrea, I. W.

Observations of HF radar backscatter from artificial field-aligned irregularities in an ionosphere perturbed by travelling disturbances due to atmospheric gravity waves are presented. Some features...

HF-Induced Airglow at Magnetic Zenith: Thermal and Parametric Instabilities near Electron Gyroharmonics. (2005)

Mishin, E. V., Kosch, M. J., Pedersen, T. R., Burke, W. J.

We analyze airglow induced by intense radio waves at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility for pump frequencies f 0 near the second and third electron gyroharmonic (f c...

Height Triangulation of Artificial Optical Emissions in the F-layer (2005)

Ashrafi, M., Kosch, M. J., Kaila, K.

Using the EISCAT high gain high frequency (HF) Heating facility located in northern Scandinavia (69.59deg N, 19.23deg E), HF-induced artificial auroral emissions can be produced at ionospheric...

Proceedings of the 31st Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods and 1st International Riometer Workshop (2005)

Kosch, M. J.

The 31st Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods was held in Ambleside in the Lake District in north-west England on 23-26 August 2004. The meeting had 41 attendees and 51...

First direct evidence of meso-scale variability on ion-neutral dynamics using co-located tristatic FPIs and EISCAT radar in Northern Scandinavia (2005)

Aruliah, A.L., Griffin, E.M., Aylward, A.D., Ford, E.A.K., Kosch, M.J., Davis, C.J., ...

This paper presents the first direct empirical evidence that mesoscale variations in ion velocities must be taken into consideration when calculating Joule heating and relating it to changes in ion...

The electron energy distribution during HF pumping, a picture painted with all colors (2005)

Gustavsson, B., Sergienko, T., Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Brändström, B. U. E., Leyser, T. B., ...

The shape of the electron energy distribution has long been a central question in the field of high-frequency radio-induced optical emission experiments. This report presents estimates of the...

Relative drift between black aurora and the ionospheric plasma (2005)

Blixt, E. M., Kosch, M. J., Semeter, J.

Black auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within uniform diffuse aurora where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Although a well studied phenomenon, there is no...

Artificial optical emissions at HAARP for pump frequencies near the third and second electron gyro-harmonic (2005)

Kosch, M. J., Pedersen, T., Hughes, J., Marshall, R., Gerken, E., Senior, A., ...

High-power high-frequency radio waves beamed into the ionosphere cause plasma turbulence, which can accelerate electrons. These electrons collide with the F-layer neutral oxygen causing artificial...

Dynamics of Alfvén waves in the night-side ionospheric Alfvén resonator at mid-latitudes (2005)

Alpatov, V. V., Deminov, M. G., Faermark, D. S., Grebnev, I. A., Kosch, M. J.

A numerical solution of the problem on dynamics of shear-mode Alfvén waves in the ionospheric Alfvén resonator (IAR) region at middle latitudes at nighttime is presented for a case when a source...

First direct evidence of meso-scale variability on ion-neutral dynamics using co-located tristatic FPIs and EISCAT radar in Northern Scandinavia (2005)

Aruliah, A. L., Griffin, E. M., Aylward, A. D., Ford, E. A. K., Kosch, M. J., Davis, C. J., ...

This paper presents the first direct empirical evidence that mesoscale variations in ion velocities must be taken into consideration when calculating Joule heating and relating it to changes in ion...

Comparison of the characteristic energy of precipitating electrons derived from ground-based and DMSP satellite data (2005)

Ashrafi, M., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F.

Energy maps are important for ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling studies, because quantitative determination of field-aligned currents requires knowledge of the conductances and their spatial...

Phenomena in the ionosphere-magnetosphere system induced by injection of powerful HF radio waves into nightside auroral ionosphere (2005)

Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F., Borisova, T. D., Kornienko, V. A., Thidé, B., Rietveld, M. T., Kosch, M. J., ...

Experimental results from three ionospheric HF pumping experiments in overdense E or F regions are summarized. The experiments were conducted by the use of the EISCAT HF Heating facility located near...

The electron energy distribution during HF pumping, a picture painted with all colors (2005)

Gustavsson, B., Sergienko, T., Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Brändström, B. U. E., Leyser, T. B., ...

The shape of the electron energy distribution has long been a central question in the field of high-frequency radio-induced optical emission experiments. This report presents estimates of the...

Relative drift between black aurora and the ionospheric plasma (2005)

Blixt, E. M., Kosch, M. J., Semeter, J.

Black auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within uniform diffuse aurora where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Although a well studied phenomenon, there is no...

Artificial optical emissions at HAARP for pump frequencies near the third and second electron gyro-harmonic (2005)

Kosch, M. J., Pedersen, T., Hughes, J., Marshall, R., Gerken, E., Senior, A., ...

High-power high-frequency radio waves beamed into the ionosphere cause plasma turbulence, which can accelerate electrons. These electrons collide with the F-layer neutral oxygen causing artificial...

Dynamics of Alfvén waves in the night-side ionospheric Alfvén resonator at mid-latitudes (2005)

Alpatov, V. V., Deminov, M. G., Faermark, D. S., Grebnev, I. A., Kosch, M. J.

A numerical solution of the problem on dynamics of shear-mode Alfvén waves in the ionospheric Alfvén resonator (IAR) region at middle latitudes at nighttime is presented for a case when a source...

First direct evidence of meso-scale variability on ion-neutral dynamics using co-located tristatic FPIs and EISCAT radar in Northern Scandinavia (2005)

Aruliah, A. L., Griffin, E. M., Aylward, A. D., Ford, E. A. K., Kosch, M. J., Davis, C. J., ...

This paper presents the first direct empirical evidence that mesoscale variations in ion velocities must be taken into consideration when calculating Joule heating and relating it to changes in ion...

Comparison of the characteristic energy of precipitating electrons derived from ground-based and DMSP satellite data (2005)

Ashrafi, M., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F.

Energy maps are important for ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling studies, because quantitative determination of field-aligned currents requires knowledge of the conductances and their spatial...

Phenomena in the ionosphere-magnetosphere system induced by injection of powerful HF radio waves into nightside auroral ionosphere (2005)

Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F., Borisova, T. D., Kornienko, V. A., Thidé, B., Rietveld, M. T., Kosch, M. J., ...

Experimental results from three ionospheric HF pumping experiments in overdense E or F regions are summarized. The experiments were conducted by the use of the EISCAT HF Heating facility located near...

Novel Artificial Optical Annular Structures in the High Latitude Ionosphere over EISCAT (2004)

Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Senior, A., McCrea, I. W., Kavanagh, A. J., Isham, B., ...

The EISCAT low-gain HF facility has been used repeatedly to produce artificially stimulated optical emissions in the F-layer ionosphere over northern Scandinavia. On 12 November 2001, the high-gain...

Coordinated Optical and EISCAT Observations of Black Aurora. (2004)

Blixt, E. M., Kosch, M. J.

An image intensified video camera was used in conjunction with the EISCAT radar in Tromsø, Norway, for detailed studies of non-sheared black aurora on March 5, 2002. While it is known that a...

First Tristatic Studies of Meso-scale Ion-neutral Dynamics and Energetics in the High-latitude Upper Atmosphere using Collocated FPIs and EISCAT Radar. (2004)

Aruliah, A. L., Griffin, E. M., McWhirter, I., Aylward, A. D., Ford, E. A. K., Charalambous, A., ...

A unique experiment was undertaken during the nights of 27 and 28 February 2003. Tristatic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) measurements of the upper thermosphere were co-located with tristatic...

First tristatic studies of meso-scale ion-neutral dynamics and energetics in the high-latitude upper atmosphere using collocated FPIs and EISCAT radar (2004)

Aruliah, A.L., Griffin, E.M., McWhirter, I., Aylward, A.D., Ford, E.A.K., Charalambous, A., ...

A unique experiment was undertaken during the nights of 27 and 28 February 2003. Tristatic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) measurements of the upper thermosphere were co-located with tristatic...

Multi-frequency HF radar measurements of artificial F-region field-aligned irregularities (2004)

Senior, A., Borisov, N. D., Kosch, M. J., Yeoman, T. K., Honary, F., Rietveld, M. T.

We present radar backscatter power measurements using the CUTLASS HF radar at Hankasalmi, Finland from F-region field-aligned irregularities induced by HF radio pumping with the EISCAT Heating...

The statistical dependence of auroral absorption on geomagnetic and solar wind parameters (2004)

Kavanagh, A. J., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F., Senior, A., Marple, S. R., Woodfield, E. E., ...

Data from the Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies (IRIS) at Kilpisjärvi, Finland, have been compiled to form statistics of auroral absorption based on seven years of observations. In a previous...

Multi-frequency HF radar measurements of artificial F-region field-aligned irregularities (2004)

Senior, A., Borisov, N. D., Kosch, M. J., Yeoman, T. K., Honary, F., Rietveld, M. T.

We present radar backscatter power measurements using the CUTLASS HF radar at Hankasalmi, Finland from F-region field-aligned irregularities induced by HF radio pumping with the EISCAT Heating...

The statistical dependence of auroral absorption on geomagnetic and solar wind parameters (2004)

Kavanagh, A. J., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F., Senior, A., Marple, S. R., Woodfield, E. E., ...

Data from the Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies (IRIS) at Kilpisjärvi, Finland, have been compiled to form statistics of auroral absorption based on seven years of observations. In a previous...

Sublimation of Ice Particles from Rocket Exhausts in the Upper Atmosphere. (2003)

Platov, Y. V., Kosch, M. J.

The process of sublimation of ice particles from a rocket exhaust in the upper atmosphere is examined. Heating by solar radiation and losses of energy by means thermal radiation and sublimation are...

Ionospheric Electron Heating, Optical Emissions, and Striations Induced by Powerful HF Radio Waves at High Latitudes: Aspect Angle Dependence. (2003)

Rietveld, M. T., Kosch, M. J., Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F., Kornienko, V. A., Leyser, T. B., Yeoman, T. K.

In recent years, large electron temperature increases of 300% (3000 K above background) caused by powerful HF-radio wave injection have been observed during nighttime using the EISCAT incoherent...

Novel Fabry-Perot Interferometer Measurements of F-region Ion Temperature. (2003)

Cierpka, K., Kosch, M. J., Holma, H., Kavanagh, A. J., Hagfors, T.

Novel optical measurements of F-region ion temperatures have been made in conjunction with thermospheric neutral temperatures. A ground-based Fabry-Perot interferometer has been used to observe...

Absolute Optical Calibration using a Simple Tungsten Light Bulb: Experiment (2003)

Kosch, M. J., Mäkinen, S., Sigernes, F., Harang, O.

Absolute spectral intensity calibration of optical detectors has always been difficult. Up to now it was only possible through the use of expensive sources, which are cross-calibrated against...

High-latitude Pump-induced Optical Emissions for Frequencies Close to the Third Electron Gyro-harmonic (2002)

Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Kavanagh, A. J., Davis, C., Yeoman, T. K., Honary, F., ...

It has been long established that high-power O-mode HF pumping of the ionosphere can produce artificial optical emissions. 630 nm O(1D) photons are produced by pump-accelerated electrons colliding...

High-latitude Artificial Aurora Using the EISCAT High-gain HF Facility (2002)

Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Kavanagh, A. J., Jussila, J., Isham, B., Kaila, K., ...

The EISCAT high-frequency (HF) transmitter facility at Ramfjord, Norway, has been used to accelerate F-region electrons sufficiently to excite the oxygen atoms and nitrogen molecules, resulting in...

HF Pump-induced Electron Heating and Artificial Airglow at High Latitudes: Aspect Angle Dependence (2002)

Rietveld, M. T., Kosch, M. J., Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F., Kornienko, V. A., Leyser, T. B.

Large electron temperature increases (~3000 K) in the ionospheric F-region, produced by powerful HF wave injection, were measured using the EISCAT incoherent scatter radar near Tromsø, Norway, on 7...

Doppler shift simulation of scattered HF signals during the Tromsø HF pumping experiment on 16 February 1996 (2002)

Borisova, T. D., Blagoveshchenska, N. F., Moskvin, I. V., Rietveld, M. T., Kosch, M. J., Thidé, B.

Comparisons between bistatic scatter measurements and simulation results during the Tromsø HF pumping experiment on 16 February 1996 are made. Doppler measurements of an HF diagnostic signal...

Study of auroral forms and electron precipitation with the IRIS, DASI and EISCAT systems (2002)

Del Pozo, C. F., Honary, F., Stamatiou, N., Kosch, M. J.

Simultaneous observations with the IRIS, DASI and EISCAT systems are employed in the study of the spatial distribution and temporal evolution of auroral forms and precipitation regions during...

Estimation of the characteristic energy of electron precipitation (2002)

Del Pozo, C. F., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F.

Data from simultaneous observations (on 13 February 1996, 9 November 1998, and 12 February 1999) with the IRIS, DASI and EISCAT systems are employed in the study of the energy distribution of the...

Field-aligned currents and ionospheric parameters deduced from EISCAT radar measurements in the post-midnight sector (2002)

Sugino, M., Fujii, R., Nozawa, S., Nagatsuma, T., Buchert, S. C., Gjerloev, J. W., ...

Attempting to derive the field-aligned current (FAC) density using the EISCAT radar and to understand the role of the ionosphere on closing FACs, we conducted special radar experiments with the...

Doppler shift simulation of scattered HF signals during the Tromsø HF pumping experiment on 16 February 1996 (2002)

Borisova, T. D., Blagoveshchenska, N. F., Moskvin, I. V., Rietveld, M. T., Kosch, M. J., Thidé, B.

Comparisons between bistatic scatter measurements and simulation results during the Tromsø HF pumping experiment on 16 February 1996 are made. Doppler measurements of an HF diagnostic signal...

Study of auroral forms and electron precipitation with the IRIS, DASI and EISCAT systems (2002)

Del Pozo, C. F., Honary, F., Stamatiou, N., Kosch, M. J.

Simultaneous observations with the IRIS, DASI and EISCAT systems are employed in the study of the spatial distribution and temporal evolution of auroral forms and precipitation regions during...

Estimation of the characteristic energy of electron precipitation (2002)

Del Pozo, C. F., Kosch, M. J., Honary, F.

Data from simultaneous observations (on 13 February 1996, 9 November 1998, and 12 February 1999) with the IRIS, DASI and EISCAT systems are employed in the study of the energy distribution of the...

Field-aligned currents and ionospheric parameters deduced from EISCAT radar measurements in the post-midnight sector (2002)

Sugino, M., Fujii, R., Nozawa, S., Nagatsuma, T., Buchert, S. C., Gjerloev, J. W., ...

Attempting to derive the field-aligned current (FAC) density using the EISCAT radar and to understand the role of the ionosphere on closing FACs, we conducted special radar experiments with the...

Ionospheric HF Pump Wave Triggering of Local Auroral Activation. (2001)

Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F., Kornienko, V. A., Borisova, T. D., Thidé, B., Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., ...

Experimental results from ionospheric HF pumping experiments in the nightside auroral E region above Tromsø are reported. We found intriguing evidence that a modification of the...

High-resolution Maps of the Characteristic Energy of Precipitating Auroral Particles (2001)

Kosch, M. J., Honary, F., DelPozo, C. F., Marple, S. R., Hagfors, T.

For the first time we produce high-resolution maps of the characteristic energy of precipitating electrons from ground-based instrumentation in the auroral zone over northern Scandinavia. This is...

High Latitude Artificial Aurora from EISCAT: An Unique Phenomenon? (2001)

Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Honary, F., Hagfors, T.

The EISCAT HF-facility is capable of transmitting up to 210MW of effective radiated power into the ionosphere around 4 MHz. Beam swinging experiments have been undertaken with O- and X-mode...

Absolute Optical Calibrations Using a Simple Tungsten Bulb: Theory (2001)

Harang, O., Kosch, M. J.

The absolute spectral intensity calibration of optical detectors has always been difficult. In the past, this was only possible using expensive sources, which had been cross-calibrated against...

High-latitude Ground-based Observations of the Thermospheric Ion-drag Time Constant. (2001)

Kosch, M. J., Cierpka, K., Rietveld, M. T., Hagfors, T., Schlegel, K.

From previous studies, it has been conclusively demonstrated that F-region thermospheric winds follow, but generally lag behind, the ion drift pattern of magnetospheric convection. Analysis of the...

A Plasma Vortex Revisited: The Importance of Including Ionospheric Conductivity Measurements. (2000)

Kosch, M. J., Amm, O., Scourfield, M. W. J.

In an earlier paper [Kosch et al., 1998], simultaneous all-sky TV imager and Scandinavian Twin Auroral Radar Experiment (STARE) observations of an ionospheric plasma vortex located poleward of an...

High-latitude HF-induced Airglow Displaced Equatorwards of the Pump Beam. (2000)

Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., Hagfors, T., Leyser, T. B.

HF-induced airglow at 630 nm was observed by the Digital All-sky Imager, located near Skibotn in Norway, at F-region altitudes above the EISCAT HF facility near Tromsø on 21 February 1999. The...

Ion-neutral coupling in the high-latitude F-layer from incoherent scatter and Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements (2000)

Cierpka, K., Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M., Schlegel, K., Hagfors, T.

Since the auroral ionosphere provides an important energy sink for the magnetosphere, ionosphere-thermosphere coupling must be investigated when considering the energy budget of the...

Ion-neutral coupling in the high-latitude F-layer from incoherent scatter and Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements (2000)

Cierpka, K., Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M., Schlegel, K., Hagfors, T.

Since the auroral ionosphere provides an important energy sink for the magnetosphere, ionosphere-thermosphere coupling must be investigated when considering the energy budget of the...

Ionospheric HF pump wave triggering of local auroral activation (1999)

Blagoveshchenskaya, N. F., Kornienko, V. A., Borisova, T. D., Thidé, B., Kosch, M. J., Rietveld, M. T., ...

Experimental results from Tromso HF pumping experiments in the nightside auroral E region are reported. We found intriguing evidence that a modification of the ionosphere-magnetosphere coupling, due...

Ionospheric Modification at Twice the Electron Cyclotron Frequency (1998)

Djuth, F. T., Pedersen, T. R., Gerken, E. A., Bernhardt, P. A., Selcher, C. A., Bristow, W. A., ...

In 2004, a new transmission band was added to the HAARP high-frequency ionospheric modification facility that encompasses the second electron cyclotron harmonic at altitudes between ^220 and 330 km....

Extrapolating EISCAT Pedersen conductances to other parts of the sky using ground-based TV auroral images (1998)

Kosch, M. J., Hagfors, T., Schlegel, K.

Ionospheric conductivity is not very easily measured directly. Incoherent scatter radars perhaps offer the best method but can only measure at one point in the sky at any one time and are limited in...

Extrapolating EISCAT Pedersen conductances to other parts of the sky using ground-based TV auroral images (1998)

Kosch, M. J., Hagfors, T., Schlegel, K.

Ionospheric conductivity is not very easily measured directly. Incoherent scatter radars perhaps offer the best method but can only measure at one point in the sky at any one time and are limited in...