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Scientific paper
Jun 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986thdy.work..119g&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Thermosphere Dynamics Workshop, Volume 2 p 119-135 (SEE N86-29301 20-42)
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Atmospheric Circulation, F Region, Thermosphere, Wave Propagation, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Density, Explorer 51 Satellite, Explorer 55 Satellite, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Periodic Variations, Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances
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Measurements of neutral densities, temperatures and ion density and temperature by the Atmosphere Explorer C and E satellites exhibit fluctuations made up of coherent waves of scale size from hundreds to thousands of kilometers. The fluctuations in the AE-C data are found at times of low magnetic activity to extend from the auroral region in one hemisphere across the equator to the corresponding region in the other hemisphere with little change in apparent wavelength. The fluctuations in the AE-E data similarly exhibit at times of low magnetic activity nearly uniform wave structure encircling the equatorial belt. Typical examples of waves of more than 1000 km apparent wavelength in both the AE-C and AE-E data are presented. These observations during quiet times may be explained by a system of quasi-stationary waves excited by the auroral belts that are distributed about the Earth possibly with tidal or sub-tidal periods and scale lengths determined by the structure of the belts. According to this interpretation, Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance (TID's) are manifestations of transient wave systems moving past a ground observatory that result from changes in magnetic activity with periods and scale sizes associated with the regions of enhanced auroral activity. Some evidence suggesting tidal-like stationary waves from the Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar is presented.
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