Ionospheric bubbles observed by the Faraday Rotation Method at Natal, Brazil

By a sample record we show that the radio beacon experiments which utilize the Faraday rotation technique and the scintillation observations can be used to observe equatorial ionization bubbles. In a two‐hour period 5 isolated bubbles have been identified. The depleted total electron content for one...

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Published inGeophysical research letters Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 473 - 475
Main Authors Yeh, K. C., Soicher, H., Liu, C. H., Bonelli, E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.1979
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Brazil
Bubbles
Depletion
Geophysics
Ionization
Ionospherics
Measuring instruments
Radio beacons
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Summary:By a sample record we show that the radio beacon experiments which utilize the Faraday rotation technique and the scintillation observations can be used to observe equatorial ionization bubbles. In a two‐hour period 5 isolated bubbles have been identified. The depleted total electron content for one such bubble is 2.2×1016 electrons/m² and the east‐west dimension is about 72 km. This translates to a total depletion of 1.6×1021 electron per meter in the north‐south direction.
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ISSN:0094-8276
1944-8007
DOI:10.1029/GL006i006p00473