Observations and model calculations of the F3 layer in the Southeast Asian equatorial ionosphere

Details Observations and model calculations of the F3 layer in the Southeast Asian equatorial ionosphere Observations and model calculations of the F3 layer in the Southeast Asian equatorial ionosphere

Mar 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11603311u&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A3, CiteID A03311

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Ionosphere: Equatorial Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics, Ionosphere: Electric Fields (2712), Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Atmosphere Interactions (0335)

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To clarify the characteristics of the F3 layer with a focus on magnetic latitude dependence and the relationship to the equatorial anomaly, we performed statistical analysis of F3 layer occurrences using the ionosonde chain data in a magnetic meridional plane in Southeast Asia and performed model calculations. From comparison of the observational and model calculation results, it was found that the field-aligned diffusion of plasma acts to make the F3 layer prominent in the magnetic low-latitude region while acting to decrease the peak density of the F3 layer near the magnetic equator. The magnetic latitude dependence of the F3 layer formation comes not only from the meridional neutral wind effect but also from the field-aligned diffusion effect. The model calculations revealed that the F3 peak corresponds to the electron density-enhanced region associated with the equatorial anomaly. This relationship is consistent with the suggestion that the field-aligned diffusion acts to make the F3 layer prominent in the magnetic low-latitude region since the fundamental factors for generation of the equatorial anomaly are also E × B drift and field-aligned downward diffusion. It is suggested that the local time and magnetic latitudinal variations of the F3 layer result from those of the electron density-enhanced region associated with the equatorial anomaly.

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