Effects of the postsunset vertical plasma drift on the generation of equatorial spread F

CS Huang - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2018 - Springer
Equatorial spread F (ESF) irregularities are caused by plasma instability processes in the
equatorial ionosphere and especially related to plasma bubble phenomena in the topside F …

A brief review of equatorial plasma bubbles

AS Patil, DP Nade, A Taori, RP Pawar, SM Pawar… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) have long been studied and are becoming increasingly
important because they cause severe scintillations in radio waves from Global Navigation …

The postsunset vertical plasma drift and its effects on the generation of equatorial plasma bubbles observed by the C/NOFS satellite

CS Huang, MR Hairston - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The prereversal enhancement (PRE) of the vertical plasma drift in the postsunset sector is
an important factor that controls the generation of equatorial plasma bubbles. In this study …

Global bubble distribution seen from ROCSAT‐1 and its association with the evening prereversal enhancement

H Kil, LJ Paxton, SJ Oh - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence statistics of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) obtained from low‐inclination
orbit satellites are significantly affected by the way the data are sampled and the way that the …

Global S4 index variations observed using FORMOSAT‐3/COSMIC GPS RO technique during a solar minimum year

PS Brahmanandam, G Uma, JY Liu… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, presented for the first time the three‐dimensional global morphology and
seasonal variations of scintillation index (S4 index) measured from the signal‐to‐noise ratio …

Conjugate Point Equatorial Experiment (COPEX) campaign in Brazil: Electrodynamics highlights on spread F development conditions and day‐to‐day variability

MA Abdu, IS Batista, BW Reinisch… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A Conjugate Point Equatorial Experiment (COPEX) campaign was conducted during the
October–December 2002 period in Brazil, with the objective to investigate the equatorial …

Geomagnetic control of equatorial plasma bubble activity modeled by the TIEGCM with Kp

BA Carter, JM Retterer, E Yizengaw… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Describing the day‐to‐day variability of Equatorial Plasma Bubble (EPB) occurrence
remains a significant challenge. In this study we use the Thermosphere‐Ionosphere …

Day‐to‐day variability of prereversal enhancement in the vertical ion drift in response to large‐scale forcing from the lower atmosphere

HL Liu - Space Weather, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) are plasma density irregularities found in the equatorial
ionosphere after sunset and are closely related to the upward E× B drift before it reverses to …

Coherent and incoherent scatter radar study of the climatology and day‐to‐day variability of mean F region vertical drifts and equatorial spread F

JM Smith, FS Rodrigues, BG Fejer… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a comprehensive analysis of the vertical drifts and equatorial spread F (ESF)
measurements made by the Jicamarca incoherent scatter radar (ISR) between 1994 and …

Occurrence climatology of equatorial plasma bubbles derived using FormoSat-3∕ COSMIC GPS radio occultation data

A Kepkar, C Arras, J Wickert, H Schuh… - Annales …, 2020 - angeo.copernicus.org
The Global Positioning System–Radio Occultation (GPS-RO) observations from FormoSat-
3∕ COSMIC are used to comprehend the global distribution of equatorial plasma bubbles …