• DocumentCode
    1899301
  • Title

    HF Doppler radar observations of equatorial plasma drifts and spread-F

  • Author

    Jayachandran, B. ; Namboothiri, S.P. ; Balan, Neha ; Rao, P.B. ; Sastri, J.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Kerala Univ., Trivandrum, India
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    4-7 Apr 1989
  • Firstpage
    186
  • Abstract
    The HF Doppler radar technique has been proven to be a valuable means for studying plasma motions in the F region of the equatorial ionosphere. The authors present, for magnetically quiet conditions, the Doppler observations dealing with (i) the postsunset vertical plasma drifts and their seasonal dependence, (ii) the prereversal enhancement in the vertical plasma drift and the occurrence of equatorial spread-F, and (iii) the vector plasma drift measurements for a sample equinoctial day
  • Keywords
    F-region; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; plasma; plasma diagnostic techniques; radar applications; radiowave propagation; F region; HF Doppler radar; equinoctial day; magnetically quiet conditions; plasma motions; postsunset vertical plasma drifts; spread-F; vector plasma drift;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation, 1989. ICAP 89., Sixth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.301)
  • Conference_Location
    Coventry
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    29757