Satellite and rocket observations of equatorial spread-F irregularities A two-dimensional model

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Aug 1981

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(International Symposium on Equatorial Astronomy - II, 6th, Aguadilla, PR, July 17-23, 1980.) Journal of Atmospheric and Terrest

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Atmospheric Models, Equatorial Atmosphere, Ionospheric Sounding, Rocket Sounding, Satellite Sounding, Spread F, Two Dimensional Models, Ionospheric Electron Density, Power Spectra, Rocket-Borne Instruments, Taylor Instability

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It is reported that in a July 1979 rocket campaign at the Kwajalein Atoll, vertical profile measurements by in situ plasma probes showed the equatorial F-region marked by a number of large scale plasma depletions, each having its own distribution of smaller irregularities and a trend toward co-location of the more intense among these with positive gradients of larger scale features. Similar satellite measurements have shown depletions of 1-3 orders of magnitude whose east-west asymmetries point toward the western wall as the sight for the more intense plasma density fluctuations. These combined rocket and satellite measurements provide a two-dimensional model of macroscopic F-region depletions, with small structures tending to develop more readily on the top and western boundaries, which along with associated power spectral analyses is in concert with numerical predictions and observations employing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability as the primary mechanism for intermediate wavelength irregularity generation.

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