Winds in the ionosphere—A review

JE Titheridge - Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 1995 - Elsevier
Winds in the upper atmosphere, and their effect on the ionosphere, are reviewed with an
emphasis on information useful to ionospheric studies. The winds are driven by pressure …

Scintillations, plasma drifts, and neutral winds in the equatorial ionosphere after sunset

S Basu, E Kudeki, S Basu… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
An equatorial campaign was conducted during September 25 to October 7, 1994, to
investigate the neutral and plasma dynamics in the equatorial ionosphere after sunset in …

Magnetospheric disturbance induced equatorial plasma bubble development and dynamics: A case study in Brazilian sector

MA Abdu, IS Batista, H Takahashi… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Equatorial ionospheric plasma bubble irregularity development and dynamics during the
major magnetospheric storm of 26 August 1998 are investigated using the data collected by …

Testing the thermospheric neutral wind suppression mechanism for day‐to‐day variability of equatorial spread F

M Mendillo, J Meriwether… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The determination of the physical processes that cause the day‐to‐day variability of
equatorial spread F (ESF) has long been one of the outstanding problems in terrestrial …

Observation of equatorial nighttime medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in 630‐nm airglow images over 7 years

D Fukushima, K Shiokawa, Y Otsuka… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We report on nighttime medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs)
observed at Kototabang, Indonesia (geographic longitude: 100.3° E; geographic latitude …

Equatorial ionospheric vertical plasma drift model over the Brazilian region

IS Batista, RT De Medeiros, MA Abdu… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Comparison between equatorial inospheric F region vertical plasma drift from satellite
measurements [Fejer et al., 1995], for the Brazilian longitude sector, and the drifts derived …

Climatology of the nighttime equatorial thermospheric winds and temperatures over Brazil near solar minimum

JW Meriwether, JJ Makela, Y Huang… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We report on the climatology of equatorial thermospheric winds and temperatures based on
Fabry‐Perot interferometer measurements of Doppler shifts and Doppler broadenings of the …

Climatologies of nighttime upper thermospheric winds measured by ground‐based Fabry‐Perot interferometers during geomagnetically quiet conditions: 1. Local time …

JT Emmert, ML Faivre, G Hernandez… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze ground‐based Fabry‐Perot interferometer observations of upper thermospheric
(∼ 250 km) horizontal neutral winds derived from Doppler shifts in the 630.0 nm (red line) …

On the plausible linkage of thermospheric meridional winds with the equatorial spread F

CV Devasia, N Jyoti, KSV Subbarao… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2002 - Elsevier
Some of the characteristic features of thermospheric meridional winds during equinoctial
period, associated with equatorial spread F (ESF) and their possible role in the triggering of …

Coordinated measurements of F region dynamics related to the thermospheric midnight temperature maximum

M Colerico, M Mendillo, D Nottingham… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
As part of the NSF/CEDAR program (Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric
Regions) in Multi‐Instrumented Studies of Equatorial Thermospheric Aeronomy (MISETA) …