Articles | Volume 34, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-927-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-927-2016
Regular paper
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03 Nov 2016
Regular paper |  | 03 Nov 2016

Observational evidence for new instabilities in the midlatitude E and F region

David L. Hysell, Miguel Larsen, and Michael Sulzer

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NSF Madrigal Database Haystack Observatory http://madrigal.haystack.mit.edu/madrigal/

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Short summary
Radar observations of the E- and F-region ionosphere from the Arecibo Observatory made during moderately disturbed conditions are presented. Plasma irregularities in both ionospheric regions were observed. We investigate the role of neutral atmospheric dynamics and instabilities in causing the ionospheric disturbances. A number of viable instability mechanisms rooted in neutral dynamics are identified.