@Article{AbduBaBaBrCaRe:2006:PlWaOs,
               author = "Abdu, Mangalathayil Ali and Batista, Paulo Prado and Batista, Inez 
                         Staciarini and Brum, Christiano Garnett Marques and Carrasco, 
                         Alexander Jos{\'e} and Reinisch, B. W.",
          affiliation = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divis{\~a}o de 
                         Aeronomia (INPE.DAE) and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais, Divis{\~a}o de Aeronomia (INPE.DAE) and Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divis{\~a}o de Aeronomia 
                         (INPE.DAE) and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 
                         Divis{\~a}o de Aeronomia (INPE.DAE) and Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais, Divis{\~a}o de Aeronomia (INPE.DAE) and 
                         {University of Massachusetts}",
                title = "Planetary wave oscillations in mesospheric winds, equatorial 
                         evening prereversal electric field and spread F",
              journal = "Geophysical Research Letters",
                 year = "2006",
               volume = "33",
               number = "7",
                pages = "L07107 (4pp)",
                month = "Apr.",
             keywords = "region, ionosphere.",
             abstract = "Analysis of the MLT region winds measured by a meteor radar and 
                         the evening F region vertical plasma drift (prereversal zonal 
                         electric field -PRE) measured by digisondes over low latitude 
                         sites in Brazil, provide evidence of planetary wave (PW) scale 
                         oscillations of episodic nature simultaneously at mesospheric and 
                         F region heights. similar to 4-day and 7-day periods are found to 
                         dominate the event analyzed. The PW scale oscillations in the PRE 
                         produces strong modulation in the equatorial spread F (ESF) 
                         irregularity processes as diagnosed by the digisondes. 
                         Considerations on the PRE development mechanism involving the E 
                         layer integrated conductivity including the effect of metallic 
                         ions and tidal winds point to the source of the PRE oscillations 
                         to be PW modulation of E region tidal winds. The PW oscillations 
                         in PRE appear to be an important source of the day-to-day 
                         variability in the ESF.",
                  doi = "10.1029/2005GL024837",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024837",
                 issn = "0094-8276",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "grl20853.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "16 jun. 2024"
}