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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-2020-68
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-2020-68
17 Feb 2021
 | 17 Feb 2021
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal ANGEO but the revision was not accepted.

Simulation of Gravity Wave D-region disturbance and its effect on the LWPC simulated VLF signal

Abdellatif Benchafaa, Samir Nait Amor, and Ghazali Mebarki

Abstract. In this work we show the result of the numerical simulation of the gravity waves (GWs) D region disturbance. Effectively, using the Glukhov-Pasko-Inan (GPI) model of the electron density in the D region we were figured out the response of the electron density due to gravity wave neutral atmosphere oscillation. As a consequence to the D region disturbance, the electron density sometimes increases when the neutral atmosphere density decreases and vice versa. This behavior was interpreted by the decreases or increases of ionization rate by chemical loss process. In a second simulation work, we used the Long Wave Propagation Capability (LWPC) code to simulate the Very Low Frequency (VLF) signal when the gravity wave disturbance crossed the VLF path. The effect of the disturbance is to decrease the VLF signal reflection height below the ambient altitude (87 km) when the electron density increases. On the other hand and when the electron density drops, the VLF reflection altitude increased higher than 87 km.

Abdellatif Benchafaa, Samir Nait Amor, and Ghazali Mebarki

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  • RC1: 'Comment on angeo-2020-68', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Mar 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Abdellatif Benchafaa, 05 Apr 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on angeo-2020-68', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 May 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Abdellatif Benchafaa, 07 Jun 2021

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on angeo-2020-68', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Mar 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Abdellatif Benchafaa, 05 Apr 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on angeo-2020-68', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 May 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Abdellatif Benchafaa, 07 Jun 2021
Abdellatif Benchafaa, Samir Nait Amor, and Ghazali Mebarki
Abdellatif Benchafaa, Samir Nait Amor, and Ghazali Mebarki

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The gravity waves reach and effect the ionosphere. These waves start in the lower layers of the atmosphere and rise until the ionosphere and their effect increases due to the decrease in density. The ionosphere is the responsible for the reflection of the electromagnetic signals. Among them Very Low Frequency signals which provide us with information about the weather. This study enables us to determine the variation in the (VLF) signals, and we also adopted the simulations to accomplish it.