Night-time equatorial F-region zonal plasma drifts from VHF backscatter radar observations
Abstract
Night-time equatorial F-region plasma drifts are deduced from VHF backscatter radar observations of F-region irregularities. The zonal drifts reveal large vertical shears. It is found that the irregularity polarization electric field (though small compared to the ambient field) is significant in affecting the observed zonal drifts.
- Publication:
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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994JATP...56..529K
- Keywords:
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- Electric Fields;
- Equatorial Atmosphere;
- F Region;
- Plasma Drift;
- Polarization (Charge Separation);
- Doppler Radar;
- Radar Tracking;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Very High Frequencies;
- Zonal Flow (Meteorology);
- Geophysics