Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jgr....80.3087f&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 80, Aug. 1, 1975, p. 3087-3090.
Physics
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Equatorial Electrojet, Ionospheric Disturbances, Ionospheric Drift, Plasma Waves, Radar Echoes, Drift Rate, Electron Density Profiles, Ion Acoustic Waves, Phase Velocity, Plasma Density
Scientific paper
It is proposed that type 1 VHF radar echoes can only be observed when the electrojet plasma is linearly unstable at half the radar wavelength and that the phase velocity of the unstable waves always corresponds to the threshold conditions for instability, even when the destabilizing forces (electron drift and plasma density gradient) exceed the threshold. This phase velocity, which produces the Doppler shift of the radar echoes, is usually close to the ion acoustic velocity of the medium but can differ from it to some extent because of the effect of the density gradient. This difference can be positive or negative, is proportional to the square of the wavelength, and can be substantial at night when the vertical density gradients in the equatorial E region are large and variable. Nighttime equatorial radar observations seem to indicate considerable variability in the type 1 velocity. These effects may also be important in explaining auroral radar observations.
Farley Donald T.
Fejer Bela G.
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