Low-latitude quasiperiodic echoes observed with the Piura VHF radar in the E region

Details Low-latitude quasiperiodic echoes observed with the Piura VHF radar in the E region Low-latitude quasiperiodic echoes observed with the Piura VHF radar in the E region

Jul 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.2167c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 14, p. 2167-2170

Physics

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Radio Science: Ionospheric Physics, Radio Science: Ionospheric Propagation, Radio Science: Instruments And Techniques, Radio Science: Radio Wave Propagation

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We present the first quasiperiodic (QP) echoes from 3-m E region field-aligned irregularities observed in the Southamerican sector, just outside the magnetic equator (7.5°N geomagnetic). These QP echoes occur only at night and between 105 and 120 km. In general, Piura QP echoes present periods close to the Brunt-Väisälä period (5 to 10 min), striations with positive slopes and altitude rates of 20-25 m s-1 (upward/northward), striations spacings of 3 to 10 km, and downward/southward Doppler velocities. These results are compared to midlatitude QP echoes from 3- and 6-m irregularities observed between 13.3°N and 46.7°N geomagnetic. We found that the general characteristics that are common to our observations and other QP observations are the nighttime occurrence and the periods close to the Brunt-Väisälä period. On the other hand, the discrepancies with some of the QP echoes observed at midlatitudes are found in the slope and spacing of the striations, the mean phase velocities, and the mean altitude location of the E layer containing the striations.

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