Articles | Volume 38, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-243-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-243-2020
Regular paper
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19 Feb 2020
Regular paper |  | 19 Feb 2020

Traits of sub-kilometre F-region irregularities as seen with the Swarm satellites

Sharon Aol, Stephan Buchert, and Edward Jurua

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (19 Jun 2019) by Petr Pisoft
AR by Sharon Aol on behalf of the Authors (30 Jul 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Aug 2019) by Petr Pisoft
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (16 Aug 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 Aug 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Aug 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (30 Aug 2019) by Petr Pisoft
AR by Sharon Aol on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Sep 2019) by Petr Pisoft
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (22 Oct 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #5 (17 Dec 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (28 Dec 2019) by Petr Pisoft
AR by Sharon Aol on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2020)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (20 Jan 2020) by Petr Pisoft
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Short summary
During the night, in the F region, equatorial ionospheric irregularities manifest as plasma depletions observed by satellites and may cause radio signals to fluctuate. We checked the distribution traits of ionospheric F-region irregularities in the low latitudes using 16 Hz electron density observations made by the faceplate onboard Swarm satellites. Using the high-resolution faceplate data, we were able to identify ionospheric irregularities of scales of only a few hundred metres.