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Ogawa et al. 1976
Ogawa, T., Mori, H. and Miyazaki, S. (1976). Rocket observations of electron density irregularities on the antarctic auroral E region. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i022p04013. issn: 0148-0227.

Six sounding rockets, each carrying a Langmuir probe and an impedance probe, were launched into the disturbed ionosphere Syowa Station, Antarctica, during 1972--1973 for measuring electron density fluctuations in a frequency range from a few hertz to 160 Hz. Such low-frequency fluctuations were observed between 90 and 120 km in altitude and found to have relative amplitudes of 10% or smaller. Analysis to find the frequency power spectrum of the fluctuations shows that in most cases the spectral form obeys f-1~f-3. in this report we wish to summarize the measured characteristics of the fluctuations and briefly discuss possible generation mechanisms of them.

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