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Oscillation Of The Ionosphere At Planetary-Wave Periods, Jeffrey M. Forbes, Astrid Maute, Xiaoli Zhang, Maura E. Hagan
Oscillation Of The Ionosphere At Planetary-Wave Periods, Jeffrey M. Forbes, Astrid Maute, Xiaoli Zhang, Maura E. Hagan
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F‐region ionospheric oscillations at planetary‐wave (PW) periods (2–20 days) are investigated, with primary focus on those oscillations transmitted to the ionosphere by PW modulation of the vertically propagating tidal spectrum. Tidal effects are isolated by specifically designed numerical experiments performed with the National Center for Atmospheric Research thermosphere‐ionosphere‐electrodynamics general circulation model for October 2009, when familiar PW and tides are present in the model. Longitude versus day‐of‐month perturbations in topside F‐region electron density (Ne) of order ±30–50% at PW periods occur as a result of PW‐modulated tides. At a given height, these oscillations are mainly due to vertical oscillations in …