Optical observations of the development of secondary instabilities on the eastern wall of an equatorial plasma bubble

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Makela, J J ^a   Kelley, M C ^b   Nicolls, M J ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947533966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011646     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Abdu, M. A., I. S. Batista, H. Takahashi, J. MacDougall, J. H. Sobral, A. F. Medeiros, and N. B. Trivedi (2003), Magnetospheric disturbance induced equatorial plasma bubble development and dynamics: A case study in Brazilian sector, J. Geophys, Res., 108(A12), 1449, doi:10.1029/2002JA009721.
2. Basu, S., S. Basu, S. Ganguly, and J. A. Klobuchar (1981), Generation of kilometer scale irregularities during the midnight collapse at Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 86(A9), 7607-7616.
3. Behnke, R. (1979), F-layer height bands in the nocturnal ionosphere over Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 84(A3), 974-978.
4. Blanc, M., and A. D. Richmond (1980), The ionospheric disturbance dynamo, J. Geophys. Res., 85(A4), 1669-1686.
5. Colerico, M. J., and M. Mendillo (2002), The current state of investigations regarding the thermospheric midnight temperature maximum (MTM), J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 64(12-14), 1361-1369.
6. Farley, D. T. (1959), A theory of electrostatic fields in a horizontally stratified ionosphere subject to a vertical magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., 64(9), 1225-1233.
7. Flaherty, J. P., C. E. Seyler, and L. N. Trefethen (1999), Large-amplitude transient growth in the linear evolution of equatorial spread F with a sheared zonal flow, J. Geophys. Res., 104(A4), 6843-6857.
8. Fu, Z., L. C. Lee, and J. D. Huba (1986), A quasi-local theory of the E×B instability in the ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 91(A3), 3263-3269.
9. Fuller-Rowell, T., G. Millward, A. Richmod, and M. Cordrescu (2002), Storm-time changes in the upper atmosphere at low latitudes, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 64(12-14), 1383-1391.
10. Garcia, F., M. Taylor, and M. Kelley (1997), Two-dimensional spectral analysis of mesospheric airglow image data, Appl. Opt., 36(29), 7374-7385.
11. Garcia, F. J., M. C. Kelley, J. J. Makela, P. J. Sultan, X. Pi, and S. Musman (2000), Mesoscale structure of the midlatitude ionosphere during high geomagnetic activity: Airglow and GPS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 105(A8), 18,417-18,427.
12. Hamza, A. M. (1999), Perkins instability revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 104(A10), 22,567-22,575.
13. Huang, C.-S., and M. C. Kelley (1996), Nonlinear evolution of equatorial spread F: 2. Gravity wave seeding of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability, J. Geophys. Res., 101(A1), 293-302.
14. Hysell, D. L., and E. Kudeki (2004), Collisional shear instability in the equatorial F region ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A11301, doi:10.1029/2004JA010636.
15. Kelley, M. C. (1989), The Earth's Ionosphere: Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics, Int. Geophys. Ser., vol. 43, Elsevier, New York.
16. Kelley, M. C., F. Garcia, J. Makela, T. Fan, E. Mak, C. Sia, and D. Alcocer (2000a), Highly structured tropical airglow and TEC signatures during strong geomagnetic activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(4), 467-468.
17. Kelley, M. C., J. J. Makela, W. E. Swartz, S. C. Collins, S. Thonnard, N. Aponte, and C. A. Tepley (2000b), Caribbean Ionosphere Campaign, Year One: Airglow and plasma observations during two intense midlatitude spread-F events, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(18), 2825-2828.
18. Kelley, M. C., J. J. Makela, B. M. Ledvina, and P. M. Kintner (2002), Observations of equatorial spread-F from Haleakala, Hawaii, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(20), 2003, doi:10.1029/2002GL015509.
19. Kelley, M. C., W. E. Swartz, and J. J. Makela (2004), Mid-latitude ionospheric fluctuation spectra due to secondary E × B instabilities, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 66(17), 1559-1565, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2004. 07.004.
20. Ledvina, B. M., and J. J. Makela (2005), First observations of SBAS/WAAS scintillations: Using colocated scintillation measurements and all-sky images to study equatorial plasma bubbles, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14101, doi:10.1029/2004GL021954.
21. Link, R., and L. L. Cogger (1988), A reexamination of the O I 6300Å nightglow, J. Geophys. Res., 93(A9), 9883-9892.
22. Makela, J. J., and M. C. Kelley (2003), Field-aligned 777.4-nm composite airglow images of equatorial plasma depletions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(8), 1442, doi:10.1029/2003GL017106.
23. Makela, J. J., M. C. Kelley, S. A. Gonzalez, N. A. Aponte, and R. P. McCoy (2001a), Ionospheric topography maps using multiple-wavelength all-sky images, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A12), 29,161-29,174.
24. Makela, J. J., M. C. Kelley, J. J. Sojka, X. Pi, and A. J. Mannucci (2001b), GPS normalization and preliminary modeling results of total electron content during a midlatitude space weather event, Radio Sci., 36(2), 351-361.
25. Makela, J. J., B. M. Ledvina, M. C. Kelley, and P. M. Kintner (2004), Analysis of the seasonal variations of equatorial plasma bubble occurrence observed from Haleakala, Hawaii, Ann. Geophys., 22(9), 3109-3121.
26. Mendillo, M., and A. Tyler (1983), Geometry of depleted plasma regions in the equatorial ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 88(A7), 5778-5782.
27. Miller, C. A. (1997), Electrodynamics of midlatitude spread F: 2. A new theory of gravity wave electric fields, J. Geophys. Res., 102(A6), 11,533-11,538.
28. Nicolls, M. J., M. C. Kelley, A. J. Coster, S. A. González, and J. J. Makela (2004), Imaging the structure of a large-scale TID using ISR and TEC data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09812, doi:10.1029/2004GL019797.
29. Otsuka, Y., K. Shiokawa, T. Ogawa, and P. Wilkinson (2002), Geomagnetic conjugate observations of equatorial airglow depletions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(15), 1753, doi:10.1029/2002GL015347.
30. Perkins, F. (1973), Spread F and ionospheric currents, J. Geophys. Res., 75(1), 218-226.
31. Perkins, F. W., and J. H. Doles (1975), Velocity shear and the E×B instability, J. Geophys. Res., 80(1), 211-214.
32. Pimenta, A. A., P. R. Fagundes, Y. Sahai, J. A. Bittencourt, and J. R. Abalde (2003), Equatorial F-region plasma depletion drifts: Latitudinal and seasonal variations, Ann. Geophys., 21(12), 2315-2322.
33. Richmond, A. D., and S. Matsushita (1975), Thermospheric response to a magnetic substorm, J. Geophys. Res., 80(19), 2839-2850.
34. Rohrbaugh, R. P., W. B. Hanson, B. A. Tinsley, B. L. Cragin, J. P. McClure, and A. L. Broadfoot (1989), Images of transequatorial bubbles based on field-aligned airglow observations from Haleakala in 1984-1986, J. Geophys. Res., 94(A6), 6763-6770.
35. Sahai, Y., J. A. Bittencourt, N. R. Teixeira, and H. Takahashi (1981), Simultaneous observations of OI 7774-Å and OI 6300-Å emissions and correlative study with ionospheric parameters, J. Geophys. Res., 86(A5), 3657-3660.
36. Sahai, Y., P. Fagundes, J. Abalde, A. Pimenta, J. Bittencourt, Y. Otsuka, and V. Rios (2004), Generation of large-scale equatorial F-region plasma depletions during low range spread-F season, Ann. Geophys., 22(1), 15-23.
37. Saito, A., T. Iyemori, M. Sugiura, N. C. Maynard, T. L. Aggson, L. H. Brace, M. Takeda, and M. Yamamoto (1995), Conjugate occurrence of the electric field fluctuations in the nighttime midlatitude ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 100(A11), 21,439-21,451.
38. Satyanarayana, P., P. N. Guzdar, J. D. Huba, and S. L. Ossakow (1984), Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the presence of a stratified shear-layer, J.Geophys.Res., 89(A5), 2945-2954.
39. Scannapieco, A. J., S. R. Goldman, S. L. Ossakow, D. L. Book, and B. E. McDonald (1975), Theoretical and numerical simulation studies of midlatitude F region irregularities, technical report, Nav. Res. Lab., Washington, D. C.
40. Shiokawa, K., Y. Otsuka, C. Ihara, T. Ogawa, and F. J. Rich (2003a), Ground and satellite observations of nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbance at midlatitude, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A4), 1145, doi:10.1029/2002JA009639.
41. Shiokawa, K., et al. (2003b), Thermospheric wind during a storm-time large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbance, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A12), 1423, doi:10.1029/2003JA010001.
42. Shiokawa, K., et al. (2005), Geomagnetic conjugate observation of night-time medium-scale and large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances: FRONT3 campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A05303, doi:10.1029/2004JA010845.
43. Su, S.-Y, H. C. Yeh, and R. A. Heelis (2001), ROCSAT 1 ionospheric plasma and electrodynamics instrument observations of equatorial spread F: An early transitional scale result, J. Geophys. Res., 106(A12), 29,153-29,159.
44. Tinsley, B. A., and J. A. Bittencourt (1975), Determination of F region height and peak electron density at night using airglow emissions from atomic oxygen, J. Geophys. Res., 80(16), 2333-2337.
45. Tinsley, B. A., A. B. Christensen, J. Bittencourt, H. Gouveia, P. D. Angreji, and H. Takahashi (1973), Excitation of oxygen permitted line emissions in the tropical nightglow, J. Geophys. Res., 78(7), 1174-1186.
46. Tsunoda, R. T. (1983), On the generation and growth of equatorial backscatter plumes: 2. Structuring of the west walls of upwellings, J. Geophys. Res., 88(A6), 4869-4874.