Structure of planetary disturbances of the mid-latitude ionosphere according to observations of GPS satellites |
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Authors: | S L Shalimov V M Lapshin C Haldoupis |
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Institution: | (1) Schmidt Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Bol’shaya Gruzinskaya 10, Moscow, 123810, Russia;(2) Crete University, Greece |
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Abstract: | Using GPS satellites, the existence of ionospheric disturbances in the range of planetary wave periods is established based on global variations of the total electron content in the mid-latitude ionosphere in the summer months of 1990. For quasi-two-day variations, a substantial difference is found of the structure of these variations from variations with the same quasi-period in the atmosphere. In addition, it is demonstrated that the ionospheric response to quasi-seven-day atmospheric variations is a more general phenomenon than was commonly believed before. The observed variations of the total electron content are interpreted as a consequence of the modulation of tidal oscillations by planetary waves. |
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