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We present the experimental data which show that backscattered signals at the wavelength of 532 nm correlate with parameters which determine the plasma content in the nocturnal F 2 layer of the ionosphere. Based on analysis of lidar data and the geophysical situation, we discuss the hypothesis of a possible role of highly excited Rydberg atoms in the formation of lidar returns from ionospheric altitudes.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Bychkov, Yu.A. Nepomnyashchii, A.S. Perezhogin, B.M. Shevtsov, N.M. Polekh, 2014, published in Optika Atmosfery i Okeana.
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Bychkov, V.V., Nepomnyashchii, Y.A., Perezhogin, A.S. et al. Lidar returns from the upper atmosphere of Kamchatka according to observations in 2008. Atmos Ocean Opt 27, 297–302 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856014040058
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