scholarly journals Observations of quiet time vertical ion drift in the equatorial ionosphere during the solar minimum period of 2009

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (A12) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Stoneback ◽  
R. A. Heelis ◽  
A. G. Burrell ◽  
W. R. Coley ◽  
B. G. Fejer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Minimum ◽  
Equatorial Ionosphere ◽  
Quiet Time ◽  
Minimum Period ◽  
Ion Drift

Thermospheric winds over Abuja during solar minimum period

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 1424-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.T. Sivla ◽  
O. Ogunjobi ◽  
F. Tesema
Keyword(s):  
Solar Minimum ◽  
Minimum Period ◽  
Thermospheric Winds

scholarly journals Solar-minimum quiet time ion energization and outflow in dynamic boundary related coordinates

2008 ◽  
Vol 113 (A7) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
W. K. Peterson ◽  
L. Andersson ◽  
B. C. Callahan ◽  
H. L. Collin ◽  
J. D. Scudder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Minimum ◽  
Quiet Time ◽  
Dynamic Boundary ◽  
Ion Energization

Quiet-time solar wind superhalo electrons at solar minimum

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linghua Wang ◽  
Robert P. Lin ◽  
Chadi Salem ◽  
Marc Pulupa ◽  
Davin E. Larson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Solar Minimum ◽  
Quiet Time

scholarly journals Stormtime dynamics of the global thermosphere and equatorial ionosphere

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 2035-2044 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Burke ◽  
C. Y. Huang ◽  
R. D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Equatorial Ionosphere ◽  
Magnetic Storms ◽  
Main Phase ◽  
New Method ◽  
Sufficient Time ◽  
Quiet Time ◽  
Early Recovery ◽  
Plasma Bubbles ◽  
Equatorial Plasma Bubbles ◽  
Phase Activity

Abstract. During magnetic storms the development of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) and distributions of thermospheric densities are strongly influenced by the histories of imposed magnetospheric electric (εM) fields. Periods of intense EPB activity driven by penetration εM fields in the main phase are followed by their worldwide absence during recovery. A new method is applied to estimate global thermospheric energy (Eth) budgets from orbit-averaged densities measured by accelerometers on polar-orbiting satellites. During the main phase of storms Eth increases as long as the stormtime εM operates, then exponentially decays toward quiet-time values during early recovery. Some fraction of the energy deposited at high magnetic latitudes during the main phase propagates into the subauroral ionosphere-thermosphere where it affects chemical and azimuthal-wind dynamics well into recovery. We suggest a scenario wherein fossils of main phase activity inhibit full restoration of quiet-time dayside dynamos and pre-reversal enhancements of upward plasma drifts near dusk denying bottomside irregularities sufficient time to grow into EPBs.

scholarly journals Statistical study of the night-time F-layer dynamics at the magnetic equator in West Africa during the solar minimum period 1995–1997

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Tanoh ◽  
B. J.-P. Adohi ◽  
I. S. Coulibaly ◽  
C. Amory-Mazaudier ◽  
A. T. Kobea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Minimum ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Winter Period ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Minimum Period ◽  
Bottom Part ◽  
Layer Height ◽  
Northern Summer ◽  
The One

Abstract. In this paper, we report on the night-time equatorial F-layer height behaviour at Korhogo (9.2° N, 5° W; 2.4° S dip lat), Ivory Coast, in the West African sector during the solar minimum period 1995–1997. The data were collected from quarter-hourly ionograms of an Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS) 42-type vertical sounder. The main focus of this work was to study the seasonal changes in the F-layer height and to clarify the equinox transition process recently evidenced at Korhogo during 1995, the year of declining solar flux activity. The F-layer height was found to vary strongly with time, with up to three main phases. The night-to-night variability of these morphological phases was then analysed. The early post-sunset slow rise, commonly associated with rapid chemical recombination processes in the bottom part of the F layer, remained featureless and was observed regardless of the date. By contrast, the following event, either presented like the post-sunset height peak associated with the evening E × B drift, or was delayed to the midnight sector, thus involving another mechanism. The statistical analysis of the occurrence of these events throughout the solar minimum period 1995–1997 revealed two main F-layer height patterns, each characteristic of a specific season. The one with the post-sunset height peak was associated with the northern winter period, whereas the other, with the midnight height peak, characterized the northern summer period. The transition process from one pattern to the other took place during the equinox periods and was found to last only a few weeks. We discuss these results in the light of earlier works.

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