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Results of ionospheric disturbances observations using multisite total electron content (TEC) measurements over the Antarctic Peninsula for the period from 2009 to 2012 are presented. Diurnal dependencies of the disturbance occurrence frequency, velocity, and direction of motion are established. Parameters of the disturbances are calculated using dynamic approach to the problem of ionospheric disturbances diagnostics which has been extended to allow for an arbitrary waveform of TEC perturbations. Specific data quality constraints are introduced to determine the presence of wavelike disturbances in the TEC records and to satisfy the required accuracy of parameter reconstruction. Statistical treatment of the results shows that during the daytime disturbances propagate predominantly in the northern and northeastern directions. In the evening and nocturnal hours the northwestern direction is prevailing, with the characteristic disturbance velocities ranging from 10 to 250 m/s. The most probable velocities are tens of meters per second, while the mean values are equal to about 100–130 m/s. In the daytime the velocities of the ionospheric disturbances are even higher. During the Antarctic winter time disturbances are usually observed at local noon time, in sharp contrast with the summer time, when they are present during the nights and mornings. Evidence for neutral wind filtering effect in the lower ionosphere is shownTIDs propagation direction depends on geomagnetic conditionsTID parameters can be derived from GNSS TEC data

A statistical picture of the occurrence and characteristics of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) over the Antarctic Peninsula is established using Global Navigation Satellite System Total Electron Content and High Frequency sounding observations. The measured parameters of the majority of the disturbances allow classifying them as medium scale TIDs (MSTIDs). Overall, the observed climatology of ionospheric disturbances in the Antarctic Peninsula region varies significantly with the season and makes it possible to differentiate two major types of the disturbances: winter daytime and summer nighttime, based on their occurrence periods and characteristics. During the Antarctic summer period, the disturbances are present mainly during the nighttime and morning hours, when the background plasma density is at maximum (due to Weddell Sea Anomaly). These disturbances predominantly propagate northwestward and their occurrence probability is well correlated with the sporadic E layer observations, suggesting that these are electrified MSTIDs. During the winter, the TID events are almost exclusively observed during the daytime. The propagation direction of the disturbances during the daytime shows a strong correlation with the background neutral wind direction in the thermosphere. A possible mechanism for this effect is wind filtering of the Atmospheric Gravity Waves originating in the troposphere, which indicates that their source is in the lower atmosphere. The periods of the TIDs also significantly differ between the seasons. Wintertime TIDs have noticeably shorter periods (10–50 min) than those observed during other parts of the year (30–140 min), which also likely reflects the fact that the two types of TIDs are generated by different physical mechanisms. Majority of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) observed in Antarctica are medium scale TIDsTwo major peaks in TID occurrence is observed: winter daytime and summer nighttimePropagation direction of daytime TIDs is primarily controlled by neutral wind Majority of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) observed in Antarctica are medium scale TIDs Two major peaks in TID occurrence is observed: winter daytime and summer nighttime Propagation direction of daytime TIDs is primarily controlled by neutral wind

A study is presented of artificial ionospheric turbulence (AIT) induced by HF heating at High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) using frequencies close to the fourth electron gyroharmonic, in a broad range of radiated powers and using a number of different diagnostics. The diagnostics include GPS scintillations, ground‐based stimulated electromagnetic emission (SEE), the HAARP ionosonde, Kodiak radar, and signals received at the Ukrainian Antarctic Station (UAS). The latter allowed analysis of waves scattered by the AIT into the ionospheric waveguide along Earth's terminator, 15.6 mm from the HAARP facility. For the first time, the amplitudes of two prominent SEE features, the downshifted maximum and broad upshifted maximum, were observed to saturate at ~50% of the maximum HAARP effective radiated power. Nonlinear effects in slant total electron content, SEE, and signals received at UAS at different transmitted frequencies and intensities of the pump wave were observed. The correlations between the data from different detectors demonstrate that the scattered waves reach UAS by the waveguide along the Earth's terminator, and that they were injected into the waveguide by scattering off of artificial striations produced by AIT above HAARP, rather than via direct injection from sidelobe radiation. Several independent diagnostic techniques were used to study AIT induced by HAARP near the fourth gyroharmonicHF waves from HAARP were scattered by the AIT into the ionospheric waveguide and detected at the UAS 15.6 mm away