Long-term changes in the thermospheric neutral winds over Arecibo: Climatology based on over three decades of Fabry-Perot observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Brum, Christiano Garnett Marques ^a   Tepley, Craig A ^a   Fentzke, Jonathan T ^b,c   Robles, Eva ^a   Dos Santos, Pedrina Terra ^a   Gonzalez, Sixto A ^a  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b Colorado Research Associates Division NorthWest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856264411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016458     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Aponte, N., M. J. Nicolls, S. A. González, M. P. Sulzer, M. C. Kelley, E. Robles, and C. A. Tepley (2005), Instantaneous electric field measurements and derived neutral winds at Arecibo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12107, doi:10.1029/2005GL022609. (Pubitemid 41398429)
2. Behnke, R., and R. Harper (1973), Vector measurements of F region ion transport at Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 78(34), 8222-8234, doi:10.1029/ JA078i034p08222.
3. Biondi, M. A., S. Y. Sazykin, B. G. Fejer, J. W. Meriwether, and C. G. Fesen (1999), Equatorial and low-latitude thermospheric winds: Measured quiet time variations with season and solar flux from 1980 to 1990, J. Geophys. Res., 104(A8), 17,091-17,106.
4. Brace, L., W. Hoegy, and R. Theis (1988), Solar EUV measurements at Venus based on photoelectron emission from the Pioneer Venus Langmuir probe, J. Geophys. Res., 93(A7), 7282-7296, doi:10.1029/ JA093iA07p07282.
5. Brum, C. G. M., F. da Silveira Rodrigues, P. T. dos Santos, A. C. Matta, N. Aponte, S. A. Gonzalez, and E. Robles (2011), A modeling study of foF2 and hmF2 parameters measured by the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar and comparison with IRI model predictions for solar cycles 21, 22, and 23, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A03324, doi:10.1029/2010JA015727.
6. Buonsanto, M. J., and O. G. Witasse (1999), An updated climatology of thermospheric neutral winds and F region ion drifts above Millstone Hill, J. Geophys. Res., 104(A11), 24,675-24,687.
7. Burnside, R. G. (1984). Dynamics of the low-latitude thermosphere and ionosphere, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
8. Burnside, R., and C. Tepley (1989), Optical observations of thermospheric neutral winds at Arecibo between 1980 and 1987, J. Geophys. Res., 94(A3), 2711-2716, doi:10.1029/JA094iA03p02711.
9. Burnside, R., F. Herrero, J. Meriwether Jr., and J. Walker (1981), Optical observations of thermospheric dynamics at Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 86(A7), 5532-5540, doi:10.1029/JA086iA07p05532.
10. Burnside, R., R. Behnke, and J. Walker (1983), Meridional neutral winds in the thermosphere at Arecibo: Simultaneous incoherent scatter and airglow observations, J. Geophys. Res., 88(A4), 3181-3189, doi:10.1029/ JA088iA04p03181.
11. Duboin, M.-L., and M. Lafeuille (1992), Thermospheric dynamics above Saint-Santin: Statistical study of the data set, J. Geophys. Res., 97(A6), 8661-8671, doi:10.1029/92JA00281.
12. Emmert, J. T., B. G. Fejer, G. G. Shepherd, and B. H. Solheim (2002), Altitude dependence of middle and low-latitude daytime thermospheric disturbance winds measured by WINDII, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A12), 1483, doi:10.1029/2002JA009646.
13. Emmert, J. T., M. L. Faivre, G. Hernandez, M. J. Jarvis, J. W. Meriwether, R. J. Niciejewski, D. P. Sipler, and C. A. Tepley (2006), Climatologies of nighttime upper thermospheric winds measured by ground-based Fabry-Perot interferometers during geomagnetically quiet conditions: 1. Local time, latitudinal, seasonal, and solar cycle dependence, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A12302, doi:10.1029/2006JA011948.
14. Fejer, B. G., J. T. Emmert, G. G. Shepherd, and B. H. Solheim (2000), Average daytime F region disturbance neutral winds measured by UARS: Initial results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(13), 1859-1862, doi:10.1029/ 2000GL003787. (Pubitemid 32040419)
15. Fejer, B. G., J. T. Emmert, and D. P. Sipler (2002), Climatology and storm time dependence of nighttime thermospheric neutral winds over Millstone Hill, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A5), 1052, doi:10.1029/2001JA000300.
16. Friedman, J. F., and F. A. Herrero (1982), Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements of thermospheric neutral wind gradients and reversals at Arecibo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9(7), 785-788, doi:10.1029/ GL009i007p00785.
17. Hagfors, T., and R. A. Behnke (1974), Measurements of three-dimensional plasma velocities at the Arecibo Observatory, Radio Sci., 9, 89-93, doi:10.1029/RS009i002p00089.
18. Harper, R. M. (1972), Observations of a large nighttime gravity wave at Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 77(7), 1311-1315, doi:10.1029/ JA077i007p01311.
19. Harper, R. M., R. H. Wand, C. J. Zamalutti, and D. T. Farley (1976), E region ion drifts and winds from incoherent scatter measurements at Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 81(1), 25-35, doi:10.1029/JA081i001p00025.
20. Hernandez, G. (1966), Analytical description of a Fabry-Perot photoelectric spectrometer, Appl. Opt., 5, 1745-1748, doi:10.1364/AO.5.001745.
21. Hernandez, G. (1982), Analytical description of a Fabry-Perot spectrometer: 7. TESS, a high-luminosity high-resolution twin-etalon scanning spectrometer, Appl. Opt., 21, 507-513, doi:10.1364/AO.21.000507. (Pubitemid 12470094)
22. Judge, D. L., D. R. McMullin, and H. S. Ogawa (1999), Absolute solar 30.4 nm flux from sounding rocket observations during the solar cycle 23 minimum, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 28,321-28,324, doi:10.1029/ 1999JA900314.
23. Mahajan, K. K., H. O. Upadhyay, N. K. Sethi, W. R. Hoegy, W. D. Pesnell, and L. H. Brace (1998), Pioneer Venus Orbiter measurements of solar EUV flux during solar cycles 21 and 22, Sol. Phys., 177, 203, doi:10.1023/A: 1004991431713.
24. Mikhailov, A. V., and D. Marin (2001), An interpretation of the foF2 and hmF2 long term trends in the framework of the geomagnetic control conception, Ann. Geophys., 19, 733-748, doi:10.5194/angeo-19-733-2001.
25. Rishbeth, H., and O. K. Garriott (1969), Introduction to Ionospheric Physics, Academic, New York.
26. Roble, R., R. Dickinson, and E. Ridley (1977), Seasonal and solar cycle variations of the zonal mean circulation in the thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 82(35), 5493-5504, doi:10.1029/JA082i035p05493.
27. Solomon, S., L. Qian, and T. N. Woods (2010), The solar activity minimum between cycle 23 and 24: Implications for quantifying thermospheric trends, paper presented at the Sixth Workshop on Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere, Natl. Cent. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, Colorado, 15-18 June.
28. Tepley, C. A., E. Robles, R. García, P. T. Santos, C. M. Brum, and R. G. Burnside (2011), Directional trends in thermospheric neutral winds observed at Arecibo during the past three solar cycles, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A00H06, doi:10.1029/2010JA016172.
29. Titheridge, J. E. (1995), Winds in the ionosphere-A review, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 57(14), 1681-1714, doi:10.1016/0021-9169(95)00091-F.
30. Walker, J. (1980), Correlation of wind and electric field in the nocturnal F region, Geophys. J. Int., 60(1), 85, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980. tb02583.x.