Ionospheric electron content depletion associated with amplitude scintillation at the equatorial anomaly crest region

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · J. Geophys. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/JA090iA05p04333· OSTI ID:5935913

Huang, Y N

The diurnal and seasonal behaviors of the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) depletion associated with VHF amplitude scintillation observed at Lunping, Taiwan (25.00 deg N, 121.17 deg E geographic), during the period March 1977 to February 1980 were presented. Diurnally, the maximum occurrence of TEC depletion appears during the late evening hours for all seasons except winter. Seasonally, the maximum occurrence of TEC depletion is not fixed at a certain season but varies with sunspot number because of the different sunspot number dependence of the occurrence of TEC depletion in different seasons. The most probable maximum TEC depletion ranges from 0.8 to 3.6 x 10 to the 16th el/sq m, and the duration ranges from 10 to 33 min. No correlation was found between the maximum TEC depletion and the duration or between the maximum TEC depletion and the associated ionospheric scintillation index. The association between TEC depletion and range spread F is much better than that between TEC depletion and frequency spread F. 32 references.

• Research Organization: Telecommunication Training Institute, Taipei, Republic of China
• OSTI ID: 5935913
• Journal Information: J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Geophys. Res.; (United States) Vol. 90; ISSN JGREA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640201* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ASIA
CHINA
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON DENSITY
EQUATOR
IONOSPHERE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
RADIATIONS
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SCINTILLATIONS