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