Experimental Study of Mid-latitude Ionosphere Disturbances Caused by Auroral Phenomena and Heating Experiments

The main objective of our research is to study the phenomena in the lithosphere, atmosphere and ionosphere and their interaction to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the state and dynamics of the Geosphere system as a whole. The important element of these studies are experimental data. In addition to using global geophysical data the data of their local or regional manifestations are needed, especially in mid-latitude Russia. To solve this problem at the “Mikhnevo” Observatory near Moscow has created a unique measuring system that allows you to obtain comprehensive information on geophysical process. The complex includes magnetometers, sensors of an electric field and a atmosphere current, LFM ionosonde, a complex of multisystem GNSS receivers, broadband radio receivers, acoustic sensors and other equipment which together with a complex of seismic observations allows to solve many geophysical problems. In the article the tasks and results of investigations in the observatory are shown on the example of several scientific directions, which the “Mikhnevo” observatory is engaged in.