%0 Journal Article %@holdercode {isadg {BR SPINPE} ibi 8JMKD3MGPCW/3DT298S} %@nexthigherunit 8JMKD3MGPCW/3ETL868 %X Incorporation of equatorial spread-F (ESF) occurrence statistics into the IRI requires first a detailed characterization, as a function of longitude, of the spatial and temporal distribution of the different types of ESF irregularity activity indices based on data from the different available techniques, ionosondes/digisondes, scintillation and satellite in-situ measurements. In this paper we present and discuss the distribution statistics of ESF events, mainly from ionograms, using the long term data sets available from Equatorial and low latitude stations in Brazil and Argentina. Significant longitudinal dependence in the ESF occurrence is observed. The results are discussed on the basis of the longitude dependent magnetic declination angle that characterizes this region and on relevant thermospheric parameters. %N 6 %@secondarydate 20000304 %T Equatorial spread-F occurence statistics in the American longitudes: diurnal, seasonal and solar cycle variation %K AERONOMIA, bolhas de plasma, regiões equatoriais, ciclos solares, cintilação, plasma bubbles, spread F, equatorial regions, solar cycles, scintillation. %@secondarytype PRE PI %@archivingpolicy denypublisher denyfinaldraft24 %@usergroup administrator %@usergroup jefferson %@group DAE-INPE-MCT-BR %@group DAE-INPE-MCT-BR %@group DAE-INPE-MCT-BR %3 1-s2.0-S0273117798001112-main.pdf %@secondarykey INPE-8638-PRE-4372 %F 9588 %@issn 0273-1177 %2 sid.inpe.br/iris@1905/2005/07.29.23.48.35 %@project Projeto IONO %B Advances in Space Research %@versiontype publisher %P 851-854 %4 sid.inpe.br/iris@1905/2005/07.29.23.48.24 %@documentstage not transferred %D 1998 %V 22 %@doi 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)00111-2 %A Abdu, Mangalathyil Ali, %A Sobral, José Humberto Andrade, %A Batista, Inez Staciarini, %A Rios, V. H., %A Medina, C, %@dissemination WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES; MGA; COMPENDEX. %@area CEA