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A statistical study of the Doppler spectral width of high-latitude ionospheric F-region echoes recorded with SuperDARN coherent HF radars

Villain, J.-P.; André, R.; Pinnock, M.; Greenwald, R.A.; Hanuise, C.. 2002 A statistical study of the Doppler spectral width of high-latitude ionospheric F-region echoes recorded with SuperDARN coherent HF radars. Annales Geophysicae, 20 (11). 1769-1781.

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Abstract/Summary

The HF radars of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) provide measurements of the E ×B drift of ionospheric plasma over extended regions of the high-latitude ionosphere. We have conducted a statistical study of the associated Doppler spectral width of ionospheric F-region echoes. The study has been conducted with all available radars from the Northern Hemisphere for 2 specific periods of time. Period 1 corresponds to the winter months of 1994, while period 2 covers October 1996 to March 1997. The distributions of data points and average spectral width are presented as a function of Magnetic Latitude and Magnetic Local Time. The databases are very consistent and exhibit the same features. The most stringent features are: a region of very high spectral width, collocated with the ionospheric LLBL/cusp/mantle region; an oval shaped region of high spectral width, whose equatorward boundary matches the poleward limit of the Holzworth and Meng auroral oval. A simulation has been conducted to evaluate the geometrical and instrumental effects on the spectral width. It shows that these effects cannot account for the observed spectral features. It is then concluded that these specific spectral width characteristics are the signature of ionospheric/magnetospheric coupling phenomena.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Programmes: BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Magnetic Reconnection, Substorms and their Consequences
ISSN: 0992-7689
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: Open access journal
Additional Keywords: Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere, ionospheremagnetosphere interactions, ionospheric irregularities)
Date made live: 27 Mar 2012 10:27 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17489

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