Abstract
It is predicted that the earth's magnetic field can be significantly perturbed locally by the microwave beam transmitted from the conceptualized solar power satellite (SPS) at a frequency of 2. 45 GHz with incident power density of 230 w/m**2 at the center of the beam. The simultaneous excitation of earth's magnetic field fluctuations and ionospheric density irregularities is caused by the thermal filamentation instability of microwaves with scale lengths greater than a few hundred meters. Earth's magnetic field perturbations with magnitudes (approximately a few tens of gammas) comparable to those in magnetospheric substorms can be expected. Particle precipitation and airglow enhancement are the possible concomitant ionospheric effects associated with the microwave-induced geomagnetic field fluctuations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11043-11047 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue number | A12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Forestry
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Ecology
- Water Science and Technology
- Soil Science
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science
- Palaeontology