Evidence for the In‐Situ Generation of Plasma Depletion Structures Over the Transition Region of Geomagnetic Low‐Mid Latitude

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  • M. Sivakandan
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environment Research (ISEE) Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
  • S. Mondal
    Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee India
  • S. Sarkhel
    Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee India
  • D. Chakrabarty
    Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad India
  • M. V. Sunil Krishna
    Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee India
  • A. K. Upadhayaya
    Environmental Sciences and Biomedical Metrology Division CSIR National Physical Laboratory New Delhi India
  • A. Shinbori
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environment Research (ISEE) Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
  • T. Sori
    Institute for Space‐Earth Environment Research (ISEE) Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
  • S. Kannaujiya
    Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO Dehradun India
  • P. K. Champati Ray
    Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO Dehradun India

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2021-09
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journal article
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  • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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  • 10.1029/2020ja028837
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>On a geomagnetic quiet night of October 29, 2018, we captured an observational evidence of the onset of dark band structures within the field‐of‐view of an all‐sky airglow imager operating at 630.0 nm over a geomagnetic low‐mid latitude transition region, Hanle, Leh Ladakh. Simultaneous ionosonde observations over New Delhi shows the occurrence of spread‐F in the ionograms. Additionally, virtual and peak height indicate vertical upliftment in the F layer altitude and reduction in the ionospheric peak frequency were also observed when the dark band pass through the ionosonde location. All these results confirmed that the observed depletions are indeed associated with ionospheric F region plasma irregularities. The rate of total electron content index (ROTI) indicates the absence of plasma bubble activities over the equatorial/low latitude region which confirms that the observed event is a mid‐latitude plasma depletion. Our calculations reveal that the growth time of the plasma depletion is ∼2 h if one considers only the Perkins instability mechanism. This is not consistent with the present observations as the plasma depletion developed within ∼25 min. By invoking possible Es layer instabilities and associated E‐F region coupling, we show that the growth rate increases roughly by an order of magnitude. This strongly suggests that the Cosgrove and Tsunoda mechanism may be simultaneously operational in this case. Furthermore, it is also suggested that reduced F region flux‐tube integrated conductivity in the southern part of onset region created conducive background conditions for the growth of the plasma depletion on this night.</jats:p>

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