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Semimonthly oscillation observed in the start times of equatorial plasma bubbles
Unidade Acadêmica de Física, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil
Ana Roberta Paulino
Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil
Ricardo Y. C. Cueva
Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil
Ebenezer Agyei-Yeboah
Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Ricardo Arlen Buriti
Unidade Acadêmica de Física, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil
Hisao Takahashi
Divisão de Aeronomia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Cristiano Max Wrasse
Divisão de Aeronomia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Ângela M. Santos
Divisão de Aeronomia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Amauri Fragoso de Medeiros
Unidade Acadêmica de Física, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil
Inez S. Batista
Divisão de Aeronomia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil
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We describe a technique used to locate and classify critical points in 2-D flow fields at the solar photosphere obtained from the evolution of the line-of-sight magnetic field in a region close to the magnetic polarity inversion line of a fully emerged active region. We apply this technique to locate a particular kind of critical point associated to vortex flows, which are considered important, since they can twist and interweave the foot points of flux tubes and generate magnetic reconnection.
Patrick Essien, Igo Paulino, Cristiano Max Wrasse, Jose Andre V. Campos, Ana Roberta Paulino, Amauri F. Medeiros, Ricardo Arlen Buriti, Hisao Takahashi, Ebenezer Agyei-Yeboah, and Aline N. Lins
Ann. Geophys., 36, 899–914, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-899-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-899-2018, 2018
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Present work reports seasonal characteristics of small- and medium-scale gravity waves in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere region. All-sky images of the hydroxyl airglow emission layer over São João do Cariri (7.4° S, 36.5° W) were observed from September 2000 to December 2010, during a total of 1496 nights and obtained 2343 SSGW and 537 MSGW events. The horizontal propagation directions of SSGWs and MSGWs showed clear seasonal variations based on the influence of the wind filtering process.
Prosper K. Nyassor, Ricardo Arlen Buriti, Igo Paulino, Amauri F. Medeiros, Hisao Takahashi, Cristiano M. Wrasse, and Delano Gobbi
Ann. Geophys., 36, 705–715, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-705-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-705-2018, 2018
Mangalathayil A. Abdu, Paulo A. B. Nogueira, Angela M. Santos, Jonas R. de Souza, Inez S. Batista, and Jose H. A. Sobral
Ann. Geophys., 36, 609–620, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-609-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-609-2018, 2018
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Laysa C. A. Resende, Christina Arras, Inez S. Batista, Clezio M. Denardini, Thainá O. Bertollotto, and Juliano Moro
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Global coverage measurements made by satellites have provided observational studies which have shown the presence of four peaks in global longitudinal structures from global local time observations of equatorial ionization anomalies. The structures seen in the ionosphere are related to the diurnal non-migrating wave that comes from the troposphere and can be noticed in periods of low and high solar activity in the low-latitude ionosphere regions, mainly at altitudes from ~ 250 km up to ~ 800 km.
Amauri Fragoso Medeiros, Igo Paulino, Cristiano Max Wrasse, Joaquim Fechine, Hisao Takahashi, José Valentin Bageston, Ana Roberta Paulino, and Ricardo Arlen Buriti
Ann. Geophys., 36, 311–319, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-311-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-311-2018, 2018
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On 3 October 2005, a mesospheric front was observed over São João do Cariri (7.4° S, 36.5° W) propagating to the northeast in the OH airglow images. One and a half hours later, it disappeared completely and ripples were observed in the eastern part of the images. After studying the background atmosphere, the main conclusion of this work was that the instability in the airglow layer did not allow the propagation of the front to the other side of the local zenith.
Igo Paulino, Joyrles F. Moraes, Gleuson L. Maranhão, Cristiano M. Wrasse, Ricardo Arlen Buriti, Amauri F. Medeiros, Ana Roberta Paulino, Hisao Takahashi, Jonathan J. Makela, John W. Meriwether, and José André V. Campos
Ann. Geophys., 36, 265–273, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-265-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-265-2018, 2018
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This article presents characteristics of periodic waves observed in the thermosphere from airglow images collected in the Northeast of Brazil. Using simultaneous measurements of the background wind in the airglow emission altitudes, it was possible to estimate the intrinsic parameters and the role of the wind in the propagation of the waves into the thermosphere. An anisotropy in the propagation direction of the waves was observed and it could be explained by the wind filtering process.
Gabriel Augusto Giongo, José Valentin Bageston, Paulo Prado Batista, Cristiano Max Wrasse, Gabriela Dornelles Bittencourt, Igo Paulino, Neusa Maria Paes Leme, David C. Fritts, Diego Janches, Wayne Hocking, and Nelson Jorge Schuch
Ann. Geophys., 36, 253–264, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-253-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-253-2018, 2018
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This work presents four events of mesosphere fronts observed on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula, in the year 2011. The atmospheric background environment was analyzed to investigate the propagation conditions for all cases. To investigate the sources for such cases, satellite images were used. In two cases, we found that strong tropospheric instabilities were potential sources, and in the other two cases, it was not possible to associate them with tropospheric sources.
Fabio Egito, Ricardo Arlen Buriti, Amauri Fragoso Medeiros, and Hisao Takahashi
Ann. Geophys., 36, 231–241, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-231-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-231-2018, 2018
Diego Barros, Hisao Takahashi, Cristiano M. Wrasse, and Cosme Alexandre O. B. Figueiredo
Ann. Geophys., 36, 91–100, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-91-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-91-2018, 2018
Ângela M. Santos, Mangalathayil A. Abdu, Jonas R. Souza, Inez S. Batista, and José H. A. Sobral
Ann. Geophys., 35, 1219–1229, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-1219-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-1219-2017, 2017
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This paper analyzes the influence of the recent deep and prolonged solar minimum on the daytime zonal and vertical plasma drift velocities during quiet time over Jicamarca, Peru. Our results show that an anomalously low zonal wind was mainly responsible for the observed anomalous behavior in the zonal drift followed by a decrease in the E-region conductivity and the dynamo electric field during 2008.
Fabio Egito, Hisao Takahashi, and Yasunobu Miyoshi
Ann. Geophys., 35, 1023–1032, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-1023-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-1023-2017, 2017
Cosme Alexandre O. B. Figueiredo, Ricardo A. Buriti, Igo Paulino, John W. Meriwether, Jonathan J. Makela, Inez S. Batista, Diego Barros, and Amauri F. Medeiros
Ann. Geophys., 35, 953–963, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-953-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-953-2017, 2017
I. Paulino, A. F. Medeiros, S. L. Vadas, C. M. Wrasse, H. Takahashi, R. A. Buriti, D. Leite, S. Filgueira, J. V. Bageston, J. H. A. Sobral, and D. Gobbi
Ann. Geophys., 34, 293–301, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-293-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-293-2016, 2016
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Periodic waves have been observed over São João do Cariri during almost one solar cycle. Similarities between the characteristics of these events with observations at other places around the world were noted, primarily the spectral parameters. Most observed waves have appeared during magnetically quiet nights, and the occurrence of those waves followed the solar activity. Due to their characteristics, most of them must have had different generation mechanisms from the Perkins instability.
A. F. Medeiros, I. Paulino, M. J. Taylor, J. Fechine, H. Takahashi, R. A. Buriti, L. M. Lima, and C. M. Wrasse
Ann. Geophys., 34, 91–96, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-91-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-91-2016, 2016
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This paper reports two consecutive mesospheric bores observed in the airglow emissions (OH and OI5577). Both bores propagated to the east and showed similar spectral characteristics. However, the first one exhibited a dark leading front with several trailing waves behind and progressed into a brighter airglow region. However, the second bore, observed in the OH layer, was comprised of several bright waves propagating into a darker airglow region.
M. Sivakandan, I. Paulino, A. Taori, and K. Niranjan
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 93–102, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-93-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-93-2016, 2016
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The small-scale gravity waves are the least understood processes in the middle-atmospheric variability. Using airglow imaging, we provide new measurements of gravity wave propagation over equatorial latitudes in India. We find that propagation of waves is often in the opposite direction to the tropospheric convective regions. These waves are found to have horizontal wavelengths ranging from 12 to 42 km, with the phase velocities in the 20 to 90 km range.
A. N. Onohara, I. S. Batista, and H. Takahashi
Ann. Geophys., 31, 209–215, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-209-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-209-2013, 2013
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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.
In this paper, an extensive study has been done in order to investigate periodic oscillations in...
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