@Article{CarrascoBatWraTakPim:2022:DiRePl,
               author = "Carrasco, Alexander Jos{\'e} and Batista, Inez Staciarini and 
                         Wrasse, Cristiano Max and Takahashi, Hisao and Pimenta, Alexandre 
                         Alvares",
          affiliation = "{Los Andes University} 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 = "Disconnection and Reconnection in Plasma Bubbles Observed by OI 
                         630 nm Airglow Images From Cariri Observatory",
              journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "127",
               number = "5",
                pages = "e2021JA0300042",
                month = "May",
             keywords = "ionosphere, plasma bubble, detachment and reconnection, 
                         bifurcation in plasma bubble, zonal electric field, all-sky 
                         airglow.",
             abstract = "We use OI 630 nm airglow images obtained with the All-sky imager 
                         installed at Sao Joao do Cariri (7.4 degrees S, 36.5 degrees W) to 
                         report the very rare phenomenon of disconnection and reconnection 
                         between adjacent plasma bubbles. We report here for the first time 
                         observations of the phenomenon at Cariri. These observations show 
                         that the phenomenon is independent of the solar flux and occurs 
                         between September and December in the Brazilian sector. The 
                         phenomenon consists first in separating a part of the bubble 
                         followed by its capture by other adjacent bubbles via 
                         electrostatic potential fields. Statistically, the phenomenon is 
                         of very low occurrence and its probability varies between 1/120 
                         and 1/165 per year, and on certain occasions it is zero.",
                  doi = "10.1029/2021JA030042",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JA030042",
                 issn = "2169-9402",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "JGR Space Physics - 2022 - Carrasco - Disconnection and 
                         Reconnection in Plasma Bubbles Observed by OI 630 nm Airglow 
                         Images.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "16 jun. 2024"
}