Gradient drift irregularities in mid-latitude sporadic E

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Feb 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86..858e&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Feb. 1, 1981, p. 858-862.

Physics

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Ionospheric Drift, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Sporadic E Layer, Gradients, Radar Measurement, Very High Frequencies

Scientific paper

Three-meter E region irregularities observed by a portable 50-MHz radar on the island of Guadeloupe in June 1977 are shown to have the same properties as 3-m irregularities generated by the gradient drift instability at the equator and in the auroral zones. The irregularities occur when intense sporadic E patches are known to occur, suggesting that they are generated by the gradient drift instability acting on the large vertical gradients in sporadic E patches. Large, rapid E region drift variations observed on two occasions suggest either that the E region electric fields are structured and less than 450 km in horizontal extent, or that E and F region fields couple and decouple intermittently during ionospheric sunset.

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