HF Doppler and ionosonde observations on the onset conditions of equatorial spread F

Details HF Doppler and ionosonde observations on the onset conditions of equatorial spread F HF Doppler and ionosonde observations on the onset conditions of equatorial spread F

Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9813741j&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A8, p. 13,741-13,750.

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Electric Fields, F Region, Ionospheric Ion Density, Plasma Drift, Doppler Radar, Ionosondes, Velocity Measurement

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The relative importance of height, vertical drift velocity, and electron density gradient of the postsunset bottomside (5.5 MHz) equatorial F region for the onset of spread F is studied using simultaneous HF Doppler radar and ionosonde observations. The study shows that the height of the F layer is the deciding factor for the onset of equatorial spread F (ESF) with little contribution from the electron density gradient. Maximum growth rate of linear collisional Rayleigh-Taylor instability occurs at the time of peak height rather than at the time of peak velocity confirming that, for the onset of ESF, the layer should attain a threshold height. The threshold (group) height of the 5.5 MHz layer falls from about 450 km in 1984 to about 350 km in 1985; the corresponding evening peak upward drift velocities decrease from about 30 m/s in 1984 to about 20 m/s in 1985. The significant fall of the thresholds with the declining solar activity is due to the decrease in the ion-neutral collision frequency with declining solar activity; the fall of the thresholds is reflected in large decreases in the intensity and duration of the spread F.

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