@Article{ResendeBaDeCaAnMoBa:2016:CoWiEl,
               author = "Resende, Laysa Cristina Ara{\'u}jo and Batista, Inez Staciarini 
                         and Denardini, Clezio Marcos and Carrasco, Alexander Jos{\'e} and 
                         Andrioli, V{\^a}nia de F{\'a}tima and Moro, Juliano and Batista, 
                         Paulo Prado",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais 
                         (INPE)}",
                title = "Competition between winds and electric fields in the formation of 
                         blanketing sporadic E layers at equatorial regions",
              journal = "Earth, Planets and Space",
                 year = "2016",
               volume = "68",
               number = "201",
                pages = "1--14",
                 note = "{Setores de Atividade: Pesquisa e desenvolvimento 
                         cient{\'{\i}}fico.}",
             keywords = "Equatorial Aeronomy, Sporadic E Layer, Electric Field, Neutral 
                         Winds, Ionospheric Model.",
             abstract = "In the present work, we analyze the competition between tidal 
                         winds and electric fields in the formation of blanketing sporadic 
                         E layers (Esb) over S{\~a}o Lu{\'{\i}}s, Brazil (2° 31\′ 
                         S, 44° 16\′ W), a quasi-equatorial station. To investigate 
                         this competition, we have used an ionospheric E region model 
                         (MIRE) that is able to model the Esb layers taking into account 
                         the E region winds and electric fields. The model calculates the 
                         densities for the main molecular and metallic ions by solving the 
                         continuity and momentum equations for each of the species. Thus, 
                         the main purpose of this analysis is to verify the electric fields 
                         role in the occurrence or disruption of Esb layers through 
                         simulations. The first results of the simulations show that the 
                         Esb layer is usually present when only the tidal winds were 
                         considered. In addition, when the zonal component of the electric 
                         field is introduced in the simulation, the Esb layers do not show 
                         significant changes. However, the simulations show the disruption 
                         of the Esb layers when the vertical electric field is included. In 
                         this study, we present two specific cases in which Esb layers 
                         appear during some hours over S{\~a}o Lu{\'{\i}}s. We can see 
                         that these layers appear when the vertical electric field was 
                         weak, which means that the tidal components were more effective 
                         during these hours. Therefore, the vertical component of the 
                         electric field is the main agent responsible for the Esb layer 
                         disruption.",
                  doi = "10.1186/s40623-016-0577-z",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40623-016-0577-z",
                 issn = "1343-8832",
                label = "lattes: 8030262077949409 3 ResendeBaNaCaAnMoCh:2016:CoWiEl",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "resende_competition.pdf",
                  url = "http://earth-planets-space.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40623-016-0577-z",
        urlaccessdate = "20 maio 2024"
}