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Using simultaneous long-term observations of ionospheric scintillation at equator and anomaly crest region in the same longitude (Indian) zone comparative features of scintillation occurrence are brought out. The salient features are: (a) predominantly pre-midnight occurrence of scintillation at equator during winter and equinox seasons, (b) increase of pre-midnight scintillation occurrence with solar activity (c) shifting of occurrence peak during summer from post-midnight in low to pre-midnight in high solar activity periods (d) similarity of scintillation behaviour at these locations during winter and equinoxes but dissimilarity during summer. The solar activity response and magnetic effects indicate that the scintillations at the anomaly crest region in winter and equinox, particularly during high solar activity periods, are of equatorial origin while the summer events may be of local or mid-latitude origin.
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Mathew, B., Pathan, B.M., Iyer, K.N. et al. Comparative study of scintillations at the magnetic equator and at the crest region of the equatorial anomaly in Indian zone. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 100, 331–340 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02839253
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