
%0 Journal Article
%A M Swenson, Evelyn 
%T Preliminary Results of Observations of Aspect-sensitive Reflections from Irregularities in the F Region
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1964/12/01
%V 17
%N 4
%P 490-504
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH640490
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH640490 
%X Night-time radio reflections from irregularities in the F. region of the ionosphere have been studied at Brisbane (geomagnetic latitude - 35.8°), at a fr-equency of 16 Mc/s. The spatial limits and behaviour of the echoes were consistent with the hypothesis of specular reflections from field-aligned columns of ionization, with observational limitations imposed by echo surface configuration, aerial sensitivity, range attenuation, and absorption. The echoes, recorded with range-azimuth display, were of many shapes, but only a U-shape tended to recur. These U-echoes were preferentially observed under conditions of magnetic disturbace. Irregularity occurrence possibly increased with latitude from 45° to55° geomagnetic latitude. No definite relationship was found between the echoesand v.l.f. noise, radio-star scintillations, spread-F, or auroras. 
