Large-scale irregularities in the equatorial ionosphere

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Apr 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975jatp...37..663m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, vol. 37, Apr. 1975, p. 663-667.

Physics

Gravity Waves, Ionospheric Electron Density, Signal Fading, Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances, Tropical Regions, Diurnal Variations, Equatorial Electrojet, Faraday Effect, Histograms, Magnetic Equator, Polar Orbits, Satellite Transmission

Scientific paper

Variations in the Faraday fading period of the 40-MHz signal from satellite BE-B have been used to study large-scale irregularities in the equatorial ionosphere. It is found that the irregularities have sizes ranging from 50 to 400 km, with an average value of 160 km. The observed amplitudes lie between 0.15 and 3.3 percent of the background total electron content, and the latitude variation of amplitude shows a maximum at the magnetic equator and a minimum at a dip of about 22 degrees S. It is suggested that the irregularities are caused by atmospheric gravity waves with a period of around 40 min. The irregularities occur mainly in the period 0600-1100 LT.

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