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Correlations between Strong Range Spread-F and GPS L-Band Scintillations Observed in Hainan in 2004 |
| WANG Guo-Jun, SHI Jian-Kui, SHANG She-Ping, WANG Xiao |
| State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 |
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WANG Guo-Jun, SHI Jian-Kui, SHANG She-Ping et al 2009 Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 019401 |
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Abstract Data from the DPS-4 digisonde and the GPS L-band ionospheric scintillation monitor are employed to study the correlations between strong range spread-F (SSF) and GPS L-band scintillations observed in the ionosphere over Hainan Island, China (19.5°N, 109.1°E geogr., dip lat. 9°N) in 2004. The SSF in the ionogram is different from the general range spread-F because it extends in frequency well beyond FoF2 and makes FoF2 difficult to be determined. The observations show that the SSF phenomenon is frequently accompanied by the occurrence of GPS L-band scintillations. The SSF and GPS L-band scintillations occur frequently in the equinoctial months (March, April, September, and October), but rarely in the winter (January, February, November, and December) and summer (May-August); especially, occurrence variations of the SSF and GPS L-band scintillations nearly have a same trend. The SSF and scintillations may be associated with the occurrence of topside plasma bubbles and could be explained by the generalized Rayleigh-Taylor instability.
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Received: 04 August 2008
Published: 24 December 2008
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(Ionospheric disturbances, irregularities, and storms)
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(Physical properties (abundances, electron density, magnetic fields, scintillation, scattering, kinematics, dynamics, turbulence, etc.))
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(Physics of the ionosphere)
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