Observations of pre-midnight 5-m irregularities in the equatorial F region over São Luís, Brazil: Solar-flux dependence and seasonal variations

Details Observations of pre-midnight 5-m irregularities in the equatorial F region over São Luís, Brazil: Solar-flux dependence and seasonal variations Observations of pre-midnight 5-m irregularities in the equatorial F region over São Luís, Brazil: Solar-flux dependence and seasonal variations

Jul 2011

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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 73, Issue 11, p. 1544-1554.

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The statistics of pre-midnight 5-m irregularities in the equatorial F region over São Luís is presented. The data set ranges from October 2001 to December 2008 and covers maximum solar-flux-to-minimum solar flux epoch. The variabilities in irregularity parameters, namely, height and time of their appearance in the radar echoes, with solar-flux variation are presented. The seasonal variations (combined over all years, irrespective of solar-flux) of occurrence of irregularities, occurrence of bottom-type layer (or bottom-side irregularities without plume) and bottom-side/topside plume (or bottom-side irregularities with plume) are presented. The largest occurrences of bottom-side irregularities without plume and with plume are found on April (equinox) and December (summer) months respectively. The ambient ionospheric conditions namely prereversal evening vertical drift, bottom-side density gradient and off-equatorial E region conductivity are inferred using digisonde measurements during April 2002 and December 2002. Based on these conditions and recent studies on gravity wave climatology over Brazil, it is suggested that shear in zonal plasma drift and low gravity wave activity may account for less occurrence of plume during April as compared to December months. This suggestion is quantified using numerical simulation model of collisional-interchange instability (CII) and plasma bubble.

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