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2013

Are plasma bubbles a prerequisite for the formation of broad plasma depletions in the equatorial F region?

Formation of broad plasma depletions (BPDs) at night in the equatorial F region is understood in association with plasma bubbles. However, we report BPDs that do not show a connection with bubbles. The characteristics of BPDs are investigated using the observations of the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite on 31 December 2008, 28 July 2010, and 1 February 2011. On those days, BPDs are detected in the longitude regions where C/NOFS did not detect bubbles prior to the detection of BPDs. The coincident C/NOFS and radar observations over Jicamarca in Peru show the occurrence of BPDs at the time when backscatter echoes are absent and at the height below backscatter echoes. These observations indicate that bubbles are not a prerequisite for those BPDs. The detections of those BPDs can be explained by the uplift of the equatorial F region peak height above the satellite orbit.

Kil, Hyosub; Lee, Woo;

Published by: Geophysical Research Letters      Published on: 07/2014

YEAR: 2013     DOI: 10.1002/grl.50693

bubbles; Equatorial ionosphere; irregularities

2005

Seasonal and longitudinal variation of large-scale topside equatorial plasma depletions

We examine the large-scale properties of three classes of equatorial topside plasma depletions referred to as channels. In order of increasing zonal width and internal large-scale substructuring, we study simple channels, multichannels, and superchannels. We find that peaks in channel activity are centered on 0° (African sector) and 180° (Western Pacific sector). Superchannels are found to strongly dominate in the African sector, whereas simple and multichannels dominate the Pacific sector. Within the African sector, the relative proportions of the three channel classes remain stable in all seasons. In the Pacific sector, simple and multichannels are dominant in all seasons of activity, though small but significant seasonal variations in channel widths and spacings are seen. Structure at a zonal scale size of about 100 km is found to be present in all channels examined. Observational and model evidence suggests that 100-km density structure represents channels, such that all multichannels and superchannels consist of multiple contiguous simple channels. Since seeds that initiate channel formation necessarily influence large-scale channel features, we utilize our data to draw conclusions regarding bottomside seeding conditions in the various seasonal and longitudinal sectors. Specifically, we find that strong, long-wavelength (∼1000 km) seeds appear much more frequently in the African sector, resulting in the prevalence of superchannels there. When long-wavelength seeds appear in the Pacific sector, they result in periodic trains of simple and multichannels. A bottomside preseeded at a scale size near 100 km accounts for the ubiquity of 100-km scale size in the AE-E data.

Hei, M.; Heelis, R.; McClure, J.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics      Published on:

YEAR: 2005     DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JA011153

bubbles; equatorial plasma depletions; plumes



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