@Article{OdriozolaMenMurPimKhe:2017:RoSiOb,
author = "Odriozola, Simoel Savio and Meneses J{\'u}nior, Francisco Carlos
de and Muralikrishna, Polinaya and Pimenta, Alexandre Alvares and
Kherani, Esfhan Alam",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
(INPE)}",
title = "Rocket in situ observation of equatorial plasma irregularities in
the region between e and F layers over Brazil",
journal = "Annales Geophysicae",
year = "2017",
volume = "35",
number = "3",
pages = "413--422",
month = "Mar.",
keywords = "Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere, plasma temperature and density,
plasma waves and instabilities).",
abstract = "A two-stage VS-30 Orion rocket was launched from the equatorial
rocket launching station in Alc{\^a}ntara, Brazil, on 8 December
2012 soon after sunset (19:00\ĝLT), carrying a Langmuir
probe operating alternately in swept and constant bias modes. At
the time of launch, ground equipment operated at equatorial
stations showed rapid rise in the base of the F layer, indicating
the pre-reversal enhancement of the F region vertical drift and
creating ionospheric conditions favorable for the generation of
plasma bubbles. Vertical profiles of electron density estimated
from Langmuir probe data showed wave patterns and small- and
medium-scale plasma irregularities in the valley region
(100-300\ĝkm) during the rocket upleg and downleg. These
irregularities resemble those detected by the very high frequency
(VHF) radar installed at Jicamarca and so-called equatorial
quasi-periodic echoes. We present evidence suggesting that these
observations could be the first detection of this type of
irregularity made by instruments onboard a rocket.",
doi = "10.5194/angeo-35-413-2017",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-413-2017",
issn = "0992-7689",
language = "en",
targetfile = "odriozola_rocket.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "15 jun. 2024"
}