Partial reflections from equatorial E region gradients

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Nov 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.5557h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Nov. 1, 1976, p. 5557-5561.

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E Region, Ionospheric Sounding, Radar Echoes, Tropical Regions, Very High Frequencies, Doppler Effect, Gradients, Ionospheric Drift, Ionospheric Electron Density, Magnetic Equator, Rocket Sounding, Signal Reflection

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Anomalous narrow peaks in both daytime and nighttime equatorial E region VHF radar spectra observed when the electron drift is low appear to be explainable in terms of partial reflections from regions of sharp plasma density gradients. Both zero-order gradients and secondary gradients from steepened gradient drift irregularities may contribute to partial reflection enhancements of 10-20 dB over incoherent returns. Some of the anomalous peaks have Doppler shifts which appear to be consistent with the ambient ion-neutral drifts and independent of the electrojet (electron drift) direction. This may be due to the fact that both the steep zero-order gradients and the large irregularities that produce the partial reflections tend to predominate at somewhat lower heights, where the plasma is strongly collision dominated.

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