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Electric field and plasma density measurements in the strongly driven daytime equatorial electrojet. I - The unstable layer and gradient drift waves. II - Two-stream wavesThe results of electric field and plasma density measurements in the strongly driven daytime equatorial electrojet over Peru, made during the March 1983 Condor electrojet experiment from Punta Lobos, Peru, are discussed together with the rocket instrumentation used for the measurements and the pertinent payload dynamics. The overall characteristics of the irregularity layer observed in situ in the electrojet are described. Special consideration is given to the waves generated by the gradient drift instability (observed between 90 and 106.5 km) and to primary and secondary two-stream waves detected by the two probes on the topside between 103 and 111 km, where the electron current was considered to be strongest.
Document ID
19880035667
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Pfaff, R. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kelley, M. C.
(Cornell University Ithaca, NY, United States)
Kudeki, E.
(Illinois, University Urbana, United States)
Fejer, B. G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Baker, K. D.
(Utah State University Logan, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 92
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
88A22894
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-6020
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-83-05500
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-82-18619
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-84-18717
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Public
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