Title
Data-driven numerical simulations and forecasts of equatorial spread F in the peruvian sector
Date Issued
17 October 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Jicamarca Radio Observatory
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
Ionospheric state parameters including plasma number density and vector drift profiles were measured at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory during campaigns throughout 2013. Neutral winds were measured by the redline Fabry Perot interferometer at Jicamarca. Coherent radar backscatter from plasma irregularities associated with equatorial spread F (ESF) was also recorded. Radar imagery of the morphology of the large-scale ESF irregularities is also available from simultaneous measurements. A 3D numerical simulation of ionospheric irregularities, initialized and forced using parametrizations derived from a combination of measurements and empirical models, has been used to reproduce the ESF activity that occurred on a number of different, representative campaign nights. The simulations were able to recover many of the most salient features of the irregularities that formed in each case. The campaign data, numerical simulations, and protocols used to associate them are presented.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84919772592
ISBN
9781467352253
Source
2014 31th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2014
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