On the role of electric field direction in the formation of sporadic E-layers in the southern polar cap ionosphere

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Mar 1998

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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 60, Issue 4, p. 471-491.

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Measurements of the occurrence of sporadic E (Es)-layers and F-region electric fields were obtained with a modern, HF digital ionosonde located at Casey, Antarctica (66.3°S, 110.5°E, 81°S CGM latitude) during the late austral summer of 1995/96. The occurrence of Es-layers was inferred from the presence of appropriate traces in normal swept-frequency ionograms, and the electric fields were inferred from F-region ``drift-mode'' velocities assuming that the plasma convection velocities given by E × B/B2 were measured, on average, by the interferometer. The theory of formation of high-latitude Es-layers predicts that electric fields directed toward the south west (SW) should be particularly effective at producing thin layers in the southern hemisphere. Our measurements made at a true polar cap station are consistent with this expectation, and are contrasted with observations made by incoherent scatter radars in the northern hemisphere, which also show the importance of SW electric fields, whereas the same theory predicts that NW electric fields should be important at northern latitudes. We reconcile the interhemispheric differences with simple calculations of ion convergence driven by the electric fields specified by the IZMIRAN electrodynamic model (IZMEM) in both hemispheres. The importance of the interplanetary magnetic field in the control of high-latitude Es formation is emphasised as an important adjunct to space weather modelling and forecasting.

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