Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Major upwelling and overturning in the mid-latitude F region ionosphere

  • David Hysell,
  • Miguel Larsen,
  • David Fritts,
  • Brian Laughman,
  • Michael Sulzer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05809-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The ionosphere can give rise to irregularities that can interfere with radio communication, navigation and satellite systems. Here the authors present unique observations from the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico to reveal the existence of plasma irregularities occur in the mid-latitude F-region.