Some characteristics of large-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances and a relationship between the F2 layer height rises of these disturbances and equatorial pre-sunrise events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1419-1430

  Bowman, G G ^a   Mortimer, I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances; Mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

F REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77954615059     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1419-2010     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Abdu, M. A., Batista, I. S., and Bittencourt, J. A.: Some characteristics of spread F at the magnetic equatorial station Fortaleza, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 6836-6842, 1981.
2. Bartels, J., Romana, A., and Veldkamp, J.: Geomagnetic data 1957, indices K and C, rapid variations, Association of geomagnetism and aeronomy, International union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1961.
3. Bartels, J., Romana, A., and Veldkamp, J.: Geomagnetic data 1958, 1959, 1960, rapid variations, Association of geomagnetism and aeronomy, International union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1962-1964.
4. Batista, I. S., De Paula, E. R., Abdu, M. A., and Trivedi, N. B.: Ionospheric effects of the March 13, 1989, Magnetic storm at low and equatorial latitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 13943-13952, 1991.
5. Bowman, G. G.: Some effects of nuclear explosions on the ionosphere, Aust. J. Phys., 5, 405-419, 1962.
6. Bowman, G. G.: Travelling disturbances associated with ionospheric storms, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 27, 1247-1261, 1965.
7. Bowman, G. G.: Low-latitude ionospheric height changes associated with geomagnetic storms, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 39, 1169-1172, 1977.
8. Bowman, G. G.: A relationship between polar magnetic substorms, ionospheric height rises and the occurrence of spread-F, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 40, 713-722, 1978.
9. Bowman, G. G.: A review of some recent work on mid-latitude spread-F occurrence as detected by ionosondes, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 42, 109-138, 1990.
10. Bowman, G. G.: Some aspects of large-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances, Planet. Space Sci., 40, 829-845, 1992.
11. Bowman, G. G.: Periodicities and spread-F associated with largescale travelling ionospheric disturbances, Indian J. Radio Space Phys., 25, 93-100, 1996.
12. Bowman, G. G. and Mainstone, J. S.: Geomagnetic and ionospheric effects at Brisbane following the nuclear explosion on July 9, 1962, Aust. J. Phys., 17, 409-419, 1964.
13. Bowman, G. G. and Mortimer, I. K.: Ionogram-recorded equatorial spread-F and height changes at Huancayo during sunspot-maximum years, J. Geophys. Res., 113, AO1315, doi:10.1029/2006JAO11881, 2008.
14. Bowman, G. G. and Mortimer, I. K.: The diurnal, annual and sunspot-cycle variations of ESFm at Hyancayo compared with similar variations of spread-F occurrence at other longitudes and latitudes, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 71, 221-227, 2009.
15. Bowman, G. G. and Mortimer, I. K.: The delayed occurrence of equatorial F2 layer post-sunset height decreases following, auroral-zone substorm onsets, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 72, 234-240, 2010.
16. Bowman, G. G. and Shrestha, K. L.: Ionospheric storms and small pressure fluctuations at ground level, Nature, 210, 1032-1034, 1966.
17. Davis, M. J.: On polar substorms as the source of large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances, J. Geophys. Res., 76, 4525-4533, 1971.
18. Ding, F., Wam, W., Ning, B., and Wang, M.: Large-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances observed by GPS total electron content during the magnetic storm of 29-30 October, 2003, J. Geophys.Res., 112, A06309, doi:10.1029/2006JA012013, 2007.
19. Ding, F., Wam, W., Liu, L., Afraimovich, E. L., Voeykov, S. V., and Perevalova, N. P.: A statistical study of large-scale traveling ionosperic disturbances observed by GPS TEC during major magnetic storms over the years 2003-2005, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A00A01, doi:101029/2008JA013037, 2008.
20. Fejer, B. G.: Low latitude storm time ionospheric electrodynamics, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 64, 1401-1408, 2002.
21. Fejer, B. G., Jensen, J. W., and Su, S.-Y.: Seasonal and longitudinal dependence of equatorial disturbance vertical plasma drifts, Geophys. Res., Lett., 35, L20106, doi:10.1029/2008GL035584,2008.
22. Flaherty, J. P., Kelley, M. C., Seyler, C. E., and Fitzgerald, T. J.: Simultaneous VHF and transequatorial HF observations in the presence of bottomside equatorial spread F, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 26811-26818, 1996.
23. Francis, S. H.: Global propagations of atmospheric gravity waves: a review, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 37, 1011-1054, 1975.
24. French, A. G.: Generation of an atmospheric wave in an auroral disturbance, Planet. Space Sci., 16, 993-997, 1968.
25. Greenspan, M. E., Rasmussem, C. E., Bourke, W. J., and Abdu, M. A.: Equatorial density depletion observed at 840 km during the great magnetic storm of March 1989, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 13931-13942, 1991.
26. Hajkowicz, L. A.: Auroal riometer absorptions and the F-region disturbances observed over a wide range of latitudes, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 73, 175-179, 1983a.
27. Hajkowicz, L. A.: Conjugate effects in the generation of travelling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) in the F region, Planet. Space Sci., 31, 1409-1413, 1983b.
28. Hajkowicz, L. A.: Global onset and propagation of large-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances as a result of the great storm of 14 March 1989, Planet. Space Sci., 39, 583-593, 1991.
29. Karpachev, A. T., Deminova, G. F., Beloff, N., Carozzi, T. D., Demisenko, P. F., Karhumen, T. J. T., and Lester, M.: Global pattern of the ionospheric response to large-scale gravity waves, J. Atmos., Solar-Rerr. Phys., 69, 906-924, 2007.
30. Khan, M. S. H.: Sporadic E structures and pressure oscillations at ground level, Aust. J. Phys., 23, 719-730, 1970.
31. Kil, H. and Paxton, L. J.: Ionospheric disturbances during the magnetic storm of 15 July 2000: Role of the fountain effect and plasma bubbles for the formation of large equatorial plasma density depletions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A12311, doi:10.1029/2006JA011742, 2006.
32. Kil, H., Paxton, L. J., Su, S.-Y, Zhang, Y., and Yeh, H.: Characteristics of the storm-induced big bubble, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A12311, doi:10.1029/2006JA011743,2006
33. King, G. A. M.: The ionospheric disturbance and atmospheric waves 1-general discussion, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 28, 957-963,1966.
34. Lee, J. J., Min, K. W., Kim, V. P., Hegai, V. V., Oyama, K.-I., Rich, F. J., and Kim, J.: Large density depletions in the night time upper ionosphere during the magnetic storm of July 15, 2000, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(3), 1032, doi:10.1029/2001GL013991, 2002.
35. Lynn, K. J. W., Gardiner-Garden, R., Sjarifundin, M., Terkildsen, M., Shi, J., and Harris, T. J.: Large-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances in the night ionosphere during the solar-terrestrial event of 23 may 2002, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 70, 2184- 2195, 2008.
36. Oya, H., Takaiiashi, T., Morioka, A., and Miyaoka, H.: Wavy patterns of electron density profiles triggered by TID - observation results of the electron density TAIYO Satellite, J. Geomag. Geoelectr., 34, 509-525, 1982.
37. Perevalova, N. P., Afraimovich, E. L., Voeykov, S. V., and Zhivetiev, I. V.: Parameters of large-scale TEC disturbances during the strong magnetic storm on 29 October 2003, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A00A13, doi:10.1029/2008JA013137, 2008.
38. Reddy, C. A., Fukao, S., Takami, T., Yamamoto, M., Tsuda, T., Nakamur, T., and Kato, S.: A MU radar-based study of midlatitude Fregion response to a geomagnetic disturbance, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 21077-21094,1990.
39. Rottger, J.: Wavelike structures of large scale equatorial spread F irregularities, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 35, 1195-1206, 1973.
40. Sales, G. S., Reinisch, B. W., Scali, J. L., and Dozois, C.: Spread F and the structure of equatorial ionization depletions in the southern anomaly region, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 26819-26827, 1996.
41. Tsugawa, T., Shiokawa, K., Otsuka, Y., Ogawa, T., Saito, A., and Nishioka, M.: Geomagnetic conjugate observations of large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances using GPS networks in Japan and Australia, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A02302, doi:10.1029/2005JA011300, 2006.
42. Whalen, J. A.: Mapping a bubble at dip equator and anomaly with oblique ionospheric soundings of range spread F, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 5185-5193, 1996.
43. Williams, P. J. S., Crowley, G., Schlegel, K., et al.: The generation and propagations of atmospheric gravity waves observed during theWorldwide Atmosphere Gravity-wave Study (WAGS), J. Amos Terr. Phys., 50, 323-338, 1988.