@Article{PaulinoPaMeWrBuTa:2021:InSeLu,
               author = "Paulino, Igo and Paulino, Ana Roberta and Medeiros, Amauri F. and 
                         Wrasse, Cristiano Max and Buriti, Ricardo Arlen and Takahashi, 
                         Hisao",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)} and {Universidade 
                         Estadual da Para{\'{\i}}ba (UEPB)} and {Universidade Federal de 
                         Campina Grande (UFCG)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal de Campina Grande 
                         (UFCG)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Influence of the semidiurnal lunar tide in the equatorial plasma 
                         bubble zonal drifts over Brazil",
              journal = "Annales Geophysicae",
                 year = "2021",
               volume = "39",
               number = "6",
                pages = "1005--1012",
                month = "Dec.",
             abstract = "Using OI6300 airglow images collected over Sao Joao do Cariri (7.4 
                         degrees S, 36.5 degrees W) from 2000 to 2007, the equatorial 
                         plasma bubble (EPB) zonal drifts were calculated. A strong 
                         day-to-day variability was observed in the EPB zonal drifts, which 
                         is directly associated with the very complex dynamics of the 
                         nighttime thermosphere-ionosphere system near the Equator. The 
                         present work investigated the contribution of the semidiurnal 
                         lunar tide M-2 for the EPB zonal drifts. The M-2 presented an 
                         amplitude of 3.1 m s(-1) in the EPB zonal drifts, which 
                         corresponds to 5.6 % of the average drifts. The results showed 
                         that the M-2 amplitudes in the EPB zonal drifts were solar cycle 
                         and seasonally dependent. The amplitude of the M-2 was stronger 
                         during the high solar activity, reaching over 10 % of the EPB 
                         zonal drift average. Regarding the seasons, during the Southern 
                         Hemisphere summer, the M-2 amplitude was twice as large (12 %) 
                         compared to the equinox ones. The seasonality agrees with other 
                         observations of the M-2 in the ionospheric parameters such as 
                         vertical drifts and electron concentration, for instance. On the 
                         other hand, the very large M-2 amplitudes found during the high 
                         solar activity agree with previous observations of the lunar tide 
                         in the ionospheric E region.",
                  doi = "10.5194/angeo-39-1005-2021",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-1005-2021",
                 issn = "0992-7689",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "angeo-39-1005-2021.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "04 maio 2024"
}