edu.ucar.opensky::articles:23963 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-25T15:01:33.158485 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7w95dhw First zonal drift velocity measurement of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (EPBs) from a geostationary orbit using GOLD data 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7w95dhw https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028173 Karan, D. K. author Daniell, R. E. author England, S. L. author Martinis, C. R. author Eastes, R. W. author Burns, Alan author McClintock, W. E. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) satellite takes far-ultraviolet images of the Earth from geostationary orbit. GOLD observes the complete structure of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs). Since there are repeated observations of the same regions of the Earth, the zonal drift velocities of EPBs are derived using GOLD data. EPBs observed within 60-25 degrees W longitudes on 27-29 November 2018 are considered in the present analysis. The drift velocities obtained on 27 November 2018 are 116 4, 118 6, and 105 9 m/s at the North and South crests of equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) and the magnetic equator, respectively. While on 29 November the velocities 107 10, 106 8, and 110 +/- 4 m/s are in agreement with the 27th (within the uncertainties), on 28 November the velocities are substantially lower: 80 +/- 3, 95 +/- 7, and 88 +/- 11 m/s. This is the first simultaneous measurement of EPB zonal drift velocities at both crests of EIA and the magnetic equator. On 27-29 November 2018, the average spacing between adjacent EPBs is found to be similar to 377, 526, and 442 km, respectively. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2020 American Geophysical Union. None eng geoscientificInformation