Semimonthly oscillation observed in the start times of equatorial plasma bubbles

Paulino, Igo; Paulino, Ana Roberta; Cueva, Ricardo Y. C.; Agyei-Yeboah, Ebenezer; Buriti, Ricardo Arlen; Takahashi, Hisao; Wrasse, Cristiano Max; Santos, Ângela M.; Fragoso de Medeiros, Amauri; Batista, Inez S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-437-2020

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Semimonthly oscillation observed in the start times of equatorial plasma bubbles

Igo Paulino, Ana Roberta Paulino, Ricardo Y. C. Cueva, Ebenezer Agyei-Yeboah, Ricardo Arlen Buriti, Hisao Takahashi, Cristiano Max Wrasse, Ângela M. Santos, Amauri Fragoso de Medeiros, and Inez S. Batista

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Appearance of Equatorial Plasma bubbles in the OI6300 airglow images Igo Paulino https://doi.org/10.5446/45230

Short summary

In this paper, an extensive study has been done in order to investigate periodic oscillations in the start times of equatorial plasma bubbles observed over Brazil. Using OI6300 airglow images and ionograms, it was possible to detect semimonthly oscillations in the start times of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) and equatorial Spread-F. This semimonthly oscillation is likely related to the lunar tide, which represents an important mechanism acting in the day-to-day variability of EPBs.