Assimilativemodeling of the equatorial ionosphere for scintillation forecasting: Modeling with verticaldrifts

Authors

J. M. Retterer
D. T. Decker
W. S. Borer
R. E. Daniell
B. G. Fejer, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volume

110

Issue

A11307

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

Knowledge of the vertical plasma drift velocity observed by the Jicamarca incoherent radar in seven events is assimilated into a theoretical model for the ambient F region plasma density. Comparisons of the calculated plasma density model and the observed plasma density show that, apart from the signature effects of equatorial plasma bubbles, the ambient model captures much of the detail of the plasma density profiles. Rayleigh-Taylor growth rates calculated with the ambient model show a good correlation with the occurrence of spread F.

Recommended Citation

Retterer, J. M., D. T. Decker, W. S. Borer, R. E. Daniell Jr., and B. G Fejer, Assimilative modeling of the equatorial ionosphere for scintillation forecasting: Modeling with vertical drifts, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A11307, doi:10.1029/2002JA009613. 2005.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JA009613