Observations of long period HF Doppler oscillations over the dip equatorial ionosphere in the Indian longitudinal sector

S G Susanth

doi:10.17485/IJST/v14i6.2023

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Observations of long period HF Doppler oscillations over the dip equatorial ionosphere in the Indian longitudinal sector

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v14i6.2023

Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Pages: 541-546

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Observations of long period HF Doppler oscillations over the dip equatorial ionosphere in the Indian longitudinal sector

S G Susanth^1*

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Lourdes Matha College of Science and Technology, Trivandrum, 695574, India. Tel.: +91 9995060237

*Corresponding Author
Tel: +91 9995060237
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:07 November 2020, Accepted Date:22 December 2021, Published Date:22 February 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Background/ Objective: The signatures of long period High Frequency Doppler (HFD) oscillations over a dip equatorial station, Trivandrum (8.33◦N, 77◦E, dip 0.4◦N) in the Indian longitudinal sector have been investigated. Methods: High cadence vertical plasma drift measurements obtained using a Multi frequency HF Doppler Radar over Trivandrum along with ground based magnetometer observations over several latitudes/longitudes have been used to address this very aspect. Findings: It has been observed that long period (~15 min.) oscillations of high latitude origin can instantaneously reflect over the equatorial latitudes in the form of coherent HFD oscillations. The study is very important as it provided a unique opportunity not only to understand various characteristics of HFD oscillations, but also expected to have significant implications in the understanding of equatorial ionospheric variability in context of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Novelty: In a complementary point of view, the study also highlights the potential of HF Doppler measurements to capture such transient events originating from interplanetary medium with an unprecedented temporal resolution.

Keywords: HF Doppler radar; equatorial ionosphere; HF Doppler oscillations

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