A study of equatorial spread-F

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Data from seven stations ranging in magnetic dip from 0° to 44°N have been analysed to study night time and seasonal variations of spread-F through nearly half a solar cycle. It is observed that the inhibition of spread-F due to geomagnetic activity is maximum in the equinoxes. In the belt of magnetic dip 0° to 10° a second peak in the occurrence of spread-F is observed during the night hours. At a typical equatorial station, the occurrence of spread-F is observed to increase with sunspot number. A similar variation is observed in h'F also. At stations with magnetic dip [greater-or-equal, slanted] 18°, the occurrence of spread-F increases with sunspot number in equinoxes but decreases with sunspot number in summer. A significant lunar variation is observed in the occurrence of equatorial spread-F which suggests that electrodynamic drift plays a major role in the occurrence of equatorial spread-F.

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