Space Weather in the Equatorial Ionosphere |
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Authors: | Stening RJ |
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Institution: | (1) School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia |
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Abstract: | The ‘scintillations’ observed on signals received in the equatorial region from GPS satellites are due to plasma instabilities
in the F region of the ionosphere, also detected as spread F. These instabilities give rise to depletions of ionisation or
‘bubbles’. The occurrence of these events and their relation to the equatorial electrojet are reviewed. Possibilities of short-term
forecasting are examined with particular attention to problems encountered in modelling the equatorial electrojet.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | equatorial electrojet equatorial ionosphere plasma bubbles spread F |
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