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ArticleNature communications2018

Major upwelling and overturning in the mid-latitude F region ionosphere.

David Hysell, Miguel Larsen, David Fritts, Brian Laughman, Michael Sulzer

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

David HysellDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 2116 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA. david.hysell@cornell.edu.
Miguel LarsenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, 140 Delta Epsilon Court, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
David FrittsGATS Inc., 3360 Mitchell Lane, Suite C, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA.
Brian LaughmanGATS Inc., 3360 Mitchell Lane, Suite C, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA.
Michael SulzerArecibo Radio Observatory HC 3, Box 53995, Arecibo, PR, 00612-8346, USA.

Funding

DOD | ONR | Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) N00014-13-1-0488National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC17K0007National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC18K0049National Science Foundation (NSF) AGS-1360718Shared Services Center NASA 80NSSC17K0007Shared Services Center NASA 80NSSC18K0049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Profiles of the electron number density in the ionosphere are observed at the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico on a regular basis. Here, we report on recent observations showing anomalous irregularities in the density profiles at altitudes >~300 km. The irregularities occurred during a period of "mid-latitude spread F," a space-weather phenomenon relatively common at middle latitudes in summer months characterized by instability and electron density irregularities in the bottomside of the ionospheric F layer. Remarkably, electron density irregularities extended well above the layer, through the ionization peak and into the topside which is regarded as being stable. Neither the neutral atmosphere nor the ionosphere is thought to be able to support turbulence locally at this altitude. A numerical simulation is used to illustrate how a combination of atmospheric and plasma dynamics driven at lower altitudes could explain the phenomenon.

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PMID30127361
PMCPMC6102228

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