TY - JOUR
T1 - Joint observations of sodium enhancements and field-aligned ionospheric irregularities
AU - Kane, T.
AU - Grime, B.
AU - Franke, S.
AU - Kudeki, E.
AU - Urbina, J.
AU - Kelley, M.
AU - Collins, S.
PY - 2001/4/1
Y1 - 2001/4/1
N2 - Resonance Lidar observations of neutral sodium and VHF coherent scatter radar observations of field-aligned 3-meter irregularities were obtained during the Coqui II rocket campaign in Puerto Rico. The Lidar, a facility instrument at the Arecibo Observatory (18.3° N, 66.8° W), and the University of Illinois Radar, located near Salinas on the south of the island, both monitored volumes near where the uplegs of the nominal rocket trajectories intersected the E-region. The Observatory's Incoherent Scatter Radar was also used to characterize the plasma layers. Preliminary investigation of the data sets has shown a potential correspondence between VHF backscatter from plasma layers and a new class of characteristic enhancements in the neutral sodium.
AB - Resonance Lidar observations of neutral sodium and VHF coherent scatter radar observations of field-aligned 3-meter irregularities were obtained during the Coqui II rocket campaign in Puerto Rico. The Lidar, a facility instrument at the Arecibo Observatory (18.3° N, 66.8° W), and the University of Illinois Radar, located near Salinas on the south of the island, both monitored volumes near where the uplegs of the nominal rocket trajectories intersected the E-region. The Observatory's Incoherent Scatter Radar was also used to characterize the plasma layers. Preliminary investigation of the data sets has shown a potential correspondence between VHF backscatter from plasma layers and a new class of characteristic enhancements in the neutral sodium.
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U2 - 10.1029/2000GL012176
DO - 10.1029/2000GL012176
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035302450
SN - 0094-8276
VL - 28
SP - 1375
EP - 1378
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
IS - 7
ER -