HF Doppler observations of vector plasma drifts in the evening F-region at the magnetic equator

Details HF Doppler observations of vector plasma drifts in the evening F-region at the magnetic equator HF Doppler observations of vector plasma drifts in the evening F-region at the magnetic equator

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jatp...54.1545b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 54, no. 11-12, p. 1545-1554.

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Doppler Radar, Equatorial Atmosphere, F Region, Magnetic Equator, Plasma Drift, Dynamo Theory, Magnetic Storms, Night Sky, Vertical Distribution, Wind (Meteorology)

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Observations are presented of the vector plasma drifts in the equatorial F-region at Trivandrum (India), made during the afternoon-midnight period of March-April 1988 with an HF Doppler radar. The vertical component of the plasma drift is characterized by a prereversal upward enhancement, which fits the interpretation based on the F-region dynamo operating at sunset. The East-West component of the plasma drift is westward during the afternoon and eastward during the night, with mean peak velocities of 30 and 110/sec, respectively. The North-South component, representing the meridional neutral air wind, is found to be northward during the afternoon and southward during the night, with respective mean peak velocities of about 50 and 70/sec. The observations are found to be consistent with those of earlier observers using other techniques.

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