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Otsuka, Y., Shiokawa, K., Ogawa, T. and Wilkinson, P. (2002). Geomagnetic conjugate observations of equatorial airglow depletions. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015347. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We report for the first time large-scale equatorial F-region airglow depletions extending to low-midlatitudes in both hemispheres. The observational sites were located at low-midlatitude geomagnetic conjugate points. Clear depletions of 630.0-nm airglow intensity due to equatorial plasma bubbles were simultaneously observed with two all-sky imagers at Sata, Japan (magnetic latitude 24¿N), and its geomagnetic conjugate point, Darwin, Australia (magnetic latitude 22¿S), on the night of November 12, 2001. Airglow depletion regions with east-west scale sizes of 40--100 km extend poleward. The maximum apex altitude of the plasma bubbles is about 1,700 km over the geomagnetic equator. The depletions move eastward at about 100 m/s, without changing their structures. The Darwin depletion structures mapped onto the northern hemisphere along the geomagnetic field coincide closely with structures in the Sata images, even for the 40-km structure. These observations indicate that plasma depletions in the equatorial ionosphere elongate along the geomagnetic field lines. |
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Keywords
Ionosphere, Ionospheric dynamics, Ionosphere, Equatorial ionosphere, Ionosphere, Midlatitude ionosphere, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora |
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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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