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Kubota, M., Shiokawa, K., Ejiri, M.K., Otsuka, Y., Ogawa, T., Sakanoi, T., Fukunishi, H., Yamamoto, M., Fukao, S. and Saito, A. (2000). Traveling ionospheric disturbances observed in the OI 630-nm nightglow images over Japan by using a Multipoint Imager Network during the FRONT Campaign. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/2000GL011858. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Pilot observations using a network of five all-sky imagers (ASIs) were conducted during the new moon period of May 19--22, 1998 as part of the F-region Radio and Optical measurement of Nighttime TID (FRONT) campaign. The network observation enabled us to track propagation of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) in the OI 630-nm nightglow over a distance of more than 2500 km. The TIDs were observed every night during the campaign period, but occurrence was limited from evening to midnight. They have horizontal wavelengths of 200--600 km, travel a horizontal distance of more than 1000 km, and last for more than three hours. In every case, the TIDs moved southwestward with a velocity of 83--137 m/s. Using dual-site TID images, the altitude of the TID structures in the 630-nm nightglow was calculated to be ~260 km which corresponds to the bottom side of the mid-latitude ionospheric F layer. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union |
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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Ionosphere, Midlatitude ionosphere, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Waves and tides |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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