Study of ionospheric f layer multiple stratification near equatorial region and low latitude

• Grant number: 15/24791-2
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): July 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Roberto Fagundes
• Grantee: Alexandre Tardelli
• Home Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/08445-9 - Study of day-to-day variability of the mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere at low latitude and equatorial region, during the solar cycle 24, AP.TEM

Abstract

The main objective of this Project is to study the ionospheric F-layer multiple stratification at the equatorial and low-latitude regions. The formation of the fourth F-layer stratification in the American Sector was observed for the first time by the author of this proposed project, using ionosonde observation at Palmas (10.3°S, 48.3°W). However, there are several open questions related to stF4 that were not published or studied during the Tardelli Doctorade research. Among these subjects are the seasonal variation of stF4 at equatorial and low-latitude region, the relationship between F3 and stF4, and the relationship between the stF4 formation in the equatorial and low-latitude region. It is important to mention that the subject of this Pos-doctorade is one of the subject of the Thematic project (No.2012/08445-9) and this research topic will significantly contribute to the success of the thematic project.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BOLZAN, MAURICIO J. A.; DENARDINI, CLEZIO M.; TARDELLI, ALEXANDRE. Comparison of H component geomagnetic field time series obtained at different sites over South America. Annales Geophysicae, v. 36, n. 3, p. 937-943, JUN 26 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

TARDELLI, A.; PEZZOPANE, M.; FAGUNDES, P. R.; VENKATESH, K.; PILLAT, V. G.; CABRERA, M. A.; EZQUER, R. G. Study of the F3 and StF4 Layers at Tucuman Near the Southern Crest of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly in Western South America. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, v. 123, n. 3, p. 2156-2167, MAR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 5.

TARDELLI-COELHO, F.; PIMENTA, A. A.; TARDELLI, A.; ABALDE, J. R.; VENKATESH, K. Plasma blobs associated with plasma bubbles observed in the Brazilian sector. Advances in Space Research, v. 60, n. 8, p. 1716-1724, OCT 15 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1.

TARDELLI, A.; FAGUNDES, P. R.; PEZZOPANE, M.; VENKATESH, K.; PILLAT, V. G. Seasonal and solar activity variations of F-3 layer and quadruple stratification (StF-4) near the equatorial region. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, v. 121, n. 12, p. 12116-12125, DEC 2016. Web of Science Citations: 5.