Characteristics of the equatorial midnight temperature maximum in the Indian sector

dc.contributor.author	Rao, H. N. R
dc.contributor.author	Sastri, J. H
dc.date.accessioned	2008-08-04T11:27:00Z
dc.date.available	2008-08-04T11:27:00Z
dc.date.issued	1994-04
dc.identifier.citation	Annales Geophysicae-Atmospheres Hydrospheres and Space Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2 – 3, pp. 276 - 278	en
dc.identifier.issn	0992-7689
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2997
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dc.description.abstract	We present the first results on the characteristics of the equatorial midnight temperature maximum (MTM) for the Indian sector. The results are based on measurements of the Doppler width of 630 nm night airglow emission at Kavalur (12.5° N, dip ∼ 9.5° N) during March-April 1992 and Nov 1992-April 1993. Clear evidence for MTM is found on ∼ 30 per cent of the nights at Kavalur. The MTM occurs, on the average, one hour after midnight in local winter and just before midnight in vernal equinox, a seasonal pattern that is in broad agreement with that at Jicamarca (12° S, dip 2° N) in the American sector. The MTM amplitude at Kavalur is in general larger than that at Jicamarca.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	INIST-CNRS	en
dc.subject	Equatorial Ionosphere	en
dc.subject	Ionospheric F Region	en
dc.subject	Neutral Particle Temperature	en
dc.subject	Maximum Temperature	en
dc.subject	India	en
dc.subject	Asia	en
dc.title	Characteristics of the equatorial midnight temperature maximum in the Indian sector	en
dc.type	Article	en