The F2-region equatorial anomaly during solstice periods at sunspot maximum

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Sep 1968

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1968jatp...30.1631t&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 1631-1640

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The diurnal development of theF2-region equatorial anomaly is studied for the African, American, and East Asian sectors during quiet days about the June 1958 and December 1958 solstices. It is found that marked asymmetries in the daytime anomaly can occur with the [latin small letter f with hook]0F2 crest on the winter side being larger than on the summer side, and hmF2 at the winter crest being about 100 km lower than at the summer crest. Such asymmetries are observed only in the American sector during the June solstice period, and in the African and East Asian sectors during the December solstice period. At these times the sub-solar point is far removed from the magnetic equator. The daytime anomaly in [latin small letter f with hook]0F2 shows little or no asymmetry in the American sector during the December period or the African and East Asian sectors during the June period, but in each case hmF2 at the winter crest is higher than at the summer crest. Furthermore, during the subsequent evening hours in these sectors a marked enhancement of the winter crest occurs and hmF2 at the winter crest becomes lower than that at the summer crest. These results are briefly discussed in terms of ionization transport by neutral winds, differences in electron temperature, and other phenomena believed to contribute to the observed asymmetries.

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