Articles | Volume 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-20-85-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-20-85-2023
21 Mar 2023
 | 21 Mar 2023

Migrating and nonmigrating tidal signatures in sporadic E layer occurrence rates

Christoph Jacobi, Kanykei Kandieva, and Christina Arras

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Index of /gnss-ro/cosmic1/ UCAR https://data.cosmic.ucar.edu/gnss-ro/cosmic1/

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Short summary
Sporadic E (Es) layers are thin regions of accumulated ions in the lower ionosphere. They can be observed by disturbances of GNSS links between low-Earth orbiting satellites and GNSS satellites. Es layers are influenced by neutral atmospheric tides and show the coupling between the neutral atmosphere and the ionosphere. Here we analyse migrating (sun-synchronous) and non-migrating tidal components in Es. The main signatures are migrating Es, but nonmigrating components are found as well.