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Journal Article
Equatorial spread-F characteristics using HF Doppler shift measurements: results from upgraded Doppler sounder system in Tucuman, Argentina
2025
Overview
Horizontals drifts of equatorial Spread F (ESF) at post-sunset and post-midnight are investigated by analyzing six ESF events observed during the period of November 2022–March 2023. Horizontal drift velocities of ESFs are calculated from the time lags between signals recorded by different transmitter–receiver pairs of a new Continuous Doppler Sounding (CDS) system operating at 6.80 MHz in a low latitude station, Tucumán, Argentina (26° 49’ S, 65° 13' W, mag. latitude ~ 13°) and by the older CDS system working at 4.63 MHz. A new method of time lags determination for spread structures is presented. In addition, the occurrence of airglow depletions associated with ESF events is verified using images of airglow emissions of atomic O red line, 630 nm. We found that the typical speeds of the ESF drift in the post-sunset hours (around 130 m/s) are about two times greater than the speeds of ESF occurring around midnight or in post-midnight hours (around 80 m/s). The drift speeds obtained using 4.63 and 6.80 MHz systems were practically the same with the exception of one event, which might have been due to wind shear. Azimuths obtained by 4.63 and 6.80 MHz systems are almost similar. No systematic dependence of the azimuth on the local time and sounding frequency was found. All ESF events drift roughly eastward with an average azimuth of about 105
∘
with respect to the geographic north.
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