@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 = "27 abr. 2024"
}