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Using GPS satellites, the existence of ionospheric disturbances in the range of planetary wave periods is established based on global variations of the total electron content in the mid-latitude ionosphere in the summer months of 1990. For quasi-two-day variations, a substantial difference is found of the structure of these variations from variations with the same quasi-period in the atmosphere. In addition, it is demonstrated that the ionospheric response to quasi-seven-day atmospheric variations is a more general phenomenon than was commonly believed before. The observed variations of the total electron content are interpreted as a consequence of the modulation of tidal oscillations by planetary waves.
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Original Russian Text © S.L. Shalimov, V.M. Lapshin, C. Haldoupis, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 483–487.
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Shalimov, S.L., Lapshin, V.M. & Haldoupis, C. Structure of planetary disturbances of the mid-latitude ionosphere according to observations of GPS satellites. Cosmic Res 44, 463–467 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506060013
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