Srp. Nayar et al., RESPONSE OF F-REGION VERTICAL DRIFT AT THE MAGNETIC EQUATOR TO THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD FLUCTUATIONS, Indian journal of radio & space physics, 22(5), 1993, pp. 338-341
The response of fluctuations in the vertical drift (V(d)) in the equat
orial F-region to the fluctuations in the IMF north-south component (B
(z)) has been studied. It is found that, in general, there exists fluc
tuations of periodicity 34 h in both V(d) and IMF B(z). To study the r
elationship between the short period fluctuations in V(d) and IMF B(z)
component, the power spectrum of both the parameters were evaluated u
sing 5-min averaged values. Both the parameters showed somewhat simila
r spectrum with a strong peak around 37 min, implying a good correlati
on between the two parameters on a short time scale also.