Exploring the occurrence rate of PMSE-Es by Digisonde at Tromsø

Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) are observed simultaneously with Digisonde and EISCAT VHF radar. The phenomenon of irregular Es layers is called PMSE-like or PMSE-Es (Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes-Es) and has some relationship with real PMSE. In this paper, the characteristics of irregular Es...

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Published in:Earth and Planetary Physics
Main Authors: HaiLong Li, ShuCan Ge, Lin Meng, MaoYan Wang, Abdur Rauf, Safi Ullah
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Science Press 2021
Subjects:
polar mesosphere summer echoes
digisonde
eiscat vhf radar
pmse-es
esrange mst radar
info
geo
Esrange
Tromsø
EISCAT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26464/epp2021017
https://doaj.org/article/db23573a1f8e4cd6aea5ed564e471049
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Summary:Polar mesosphere summer echoes (PMSE) are observed simultaneously with Digisonde and EISCAT VHF radar. The phenomenon of irregular Es layers is called PMSE-like or PMSE-Es (Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes-Es) and has some relationship with real PMSE. In this paper, the characteristics of irregular Es layers at 80–100 km were observed by Digisonde at Tromsø during 2003–2014 are statistically analyzed with ionograms. The diurnal, day-to-day and year-to-year variations and discrepancies of occurrence rate between PMSE and PMSE-Es are compared with the statistical results observed by Esrange MST radar (ESRAD), and the reasons are discussed. The results show that the trends in the occurrence rate of PMSE-Es are similar to the trends in the occurrence rate of PMSE, but there are some notable differences. The occurrence rate of PMSE-Es is much lower than the occurrence rate of PMSE. The minimum value of PMSE-Es appears 1–2 hours earlier than the minimum value of the PMSE occurrence rate, while PMSE-Es appear earlier than PMSE in the year. In addition, there is a significant positive correlation between the annual average occurrence rates of PMSE and PMSE-Es. PMSE-Es is a relatively important occurrence in the polar mesopause. Analysis of its characteristics can provide new ideas and methods for studying the formation mechanism of PMSE.

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