@Article{AbduMuraBatiSobr:1991:RoObEq,
               author = "Abdu, Mangalathayil Ali and Muralikrishna, Polinaya and Batista, 
                         Inez Staciarini and Sobral, Jose Humberto Andrade",
                title = "Rocket observation of equatorial plasma bubbles over Natal, 
                         Brazil, using a high-frequency capacitance probe",
              journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research",
                 year = "1991",
               volume = "96",
               number = "A5",
                pages = "7689--7695",
                month = "May",
             keywords = "AERONOMIA, NATAL (RN), SONDA-III, EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE, 
                         IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES, PLASMA TEMPERATURE, PLASMA DENSITY.",
             abstract = "In situ measurement of electron density height profile of the 
                         equatorial nightime ionosphere, under a developing spread F event, 
                         was carried out using a dual mode high frequency capacitance (HFC) 
                         probe that was flown on board a SONDA-III rocket launched from 
                         Natal on December, 11, 1985. This represents the first measurement 
                         of plasma bubble characteristics using an HFC probe. A series of 
                         plasma bubbles in varying degrees of their growth phase was 
                         detected mostly during the upleg of the flight. A somewhat 
                         detailed discussion, and comparative studies, of the measurements 
                         at the two probe frequencies (6.17 MHz and 11.75 MHz) are 
                         presented in this paper. Among the important findings from the 
                         present study is an evidence of electron temperature enhancement 
                         in the plasma bubble possibly caused by electron heating from 
                         energetic particle precipitation in the South Atlantic magnetic 
                         anomaly.",
                 issn = "0148-0227 and 2156-2202",
                label = "7087",
        urlaccessdate = "04 maio 2024"
}