Abstract
Zonal drift velocity variations with 30% amplitudes and several minute time scales are observed in Jicamarca radar interferometer data collected from bottomside F region altitudes during two different periods with 70‐90 m/s and 100‐155 m/s mean zonal drifts. These fluctuations are indicative of intermediate scale vertical structuring of F region plasma to be expected in periods of Rayleigh‐Taylor bubble formation, and may contribute significantly to the decorrelation of forward scattered satellite signals detected for scintillation spaced receiver analysis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1117-1120 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences