Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

2012

Heelis, R. A., G. Crowley, F. Rodrigues, A. Reynolds, R. Wilder, I. Azeem, and A. Maute (2012), The role of zonal winds in the production of a pre-reversal enhancement in the vertical ion drift in the low latitude ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A08308, doi:10.1029/2012JA017547.
Rodrigues, F. S., G. Crowley, R. A. Heelis, A. Maute, and A. Reynolds (2012), On TIE-GCM simulation of the evening equatorial plasma vortex, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A05307, doi:10.1029/2011JA017369.
Rodrigues, F. S., A. O. Moraes, and E. R. de Paula (2012), Imaging equatorial spread F irregularities with the Sao Luis coherent backscatter radar interferometer, Radio Sci., 47, RS0L03, doi:10.1029/2011RS004929.
Nicolls, M. J., F. S. Rodrigues, and G. S. Bust (2012), Global observations of E region plasma density morphology and variability, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A01305, doi:10.1029/2011JA017069.
Crowley, G., and F. S. Rodrigues (2012), Characteristics of traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by the TIDDBIT sounder, Radio Sci., 47, RS0L22, doi:10.1029/2011RS004959.

2011

Moraes, A. O., F. S. Rodrigues, W. J. Perrela, and E. R. de Paula, Analysis of the characteristics of low-latitude amplitude scintillation measured during solar maximum conditions and implications for receiver performance, Surveys in Geophysics, in press, 2011.
Rodrigues, F. S., G. Crowley, S. M. I. Azeem, and R. A. Heelis, C/NOFS observations of the equatorial ionospheric electric field response to the 2009 major sudden stratospheric warming event, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 116, A09316, doi:10.1029/2011JA016660, 2011.
Rodrigues, F. S., E. R. de Paula, and J. L. Chau, On the characteristics of 150-km echoes observed in the Brazilian longitude sector by the 30 MHz Sao Luis radar, Annales Geophysicae, 29, 1905-1916, doi: 10.5194/angeo-29-1905-2011, 2011.
Brum, C. G. M., F. S. Rodrigues, P. T. dos Santos, A. C. Matta, N. Aponte, S. A. Gonzalez, and E. Robles, A modeling study of foF2 and hmF2 parameters measured by the Arecibo incoherent scatter radar and comparison with IRI model predictions for solar cycles 21, 22, and 23, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 116, A03324, doi:10.1029/2010JA015727, 2011.

2009

Rodrigues, F. S., M. C. Kelley, P. A. Roddy, D. E. Hunton, R. F. Pfaﬀ, O. de La Beaujardire, and G. S. Bust, C/NOFS observations of intermediate and transitional scale size equatorial spread irregularities, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L00C05, doi:10.1029/2009GL038905, 2009.
Nicolls, M. J., F. S. Rodrigues, G. S. Bust, and J. L. Chau, Estimating E region density proÞles from radio occultation measurements assisted by IDA4D, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 114, A10316, doi:10.1029/2009JA014399, 2009.
Fritts, D. C., M. A. Abdu, B. R. Batista, I. S. Batista, P. P. Batista, R. Buriti, B. R. Clemesha, T. Dautermann, E. R. de Paula, B. J. Fechine, B. G. Fejer, D. Gobbi, J. Haase, F. Kamalabadi, E. A. Kherani, B. Laughman, P. P. Lima, H.-L. Liu, A. Medeiros, P.-D. Pautet, D. M. Riggin, F. S. Rodrigues, F. S‹o Sabbas, J. H. A. Sobral, P. Stamus, H. Takahashi, M. J. Taylor, S. L. Vadas, F. Vargas, and C. M. Wrasse, Overview and summary of the Spread F Experiment (SpreadFEx), Annales Geophysicae, 27, 2141-2155, 2009.
Kelley, M. C., F. S. Rodrigues, J. J. Makela, R. T. Tsunoda, P. A. Roddy, D. E. Hunton, J. M. Retterer, O. D. L. Beaujardiere, E. R. de Paula, and R. R. Ilma, C/NOFS and radar observations during a convective ionospheric storm event over South America, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L00C07, doi:10.1029/2009GL039378, 2009.

2008

Shume, E. B., E. R. de Paula, S. Maus, D. L. Hysell, F. S. Rodrigues, and A. Bekele, Equatorial zonal electric fields inferred from a 3-D electrostatic potential model and ground-based magnetic field measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 114, A06305, doi:10.1029/2009JA014158. 2009.
Rodrigues, F. S., D. L. Hysell, and E. R. de Paula, Coherent backscatter radar imaging in Brazil: large-scale waves in the bottomside F-region at the onset of equatorial spread F, Annales Geophysicae, 26, 3355-3364, 2008.

2007

Hysell, D. L., F. S. Rodrigues, J. L. Chau, and J. Huba, Full-profile incoherent scatter analysis at Jicamarca, Annales Geophysicae, 26, 59-75, 2008.
Rodrigues, F. S., M. J. Nicolls, and D. L. Hysell, Improved electron density measurements at Jicamarca, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 112, A11315, doi:10.1029/2007JA012598, 2007.
Rodrigues, F. S., M. J. Nicolls, R. Woodman, D. L. Hysell, J. L. Chau, and S. A. Gonzlez, Ion gyroresonance observations at Jicamarca revisited, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L13107, doi:10.1029/2007GL029680, 2007.
Lei, J., S. Syndergaard, A. G. Burns, S. C. Solomon, W.Wang, Z. Zeng, R. G. Roble, Q. Wu, Y-H. Kuo, J. M. Holt, S-R. Zhang, D. L. Hysell, F. S. Rodrigues, and C. H. Lin, Comparison of COSMIC ionospheric measurements with ground-based observations and model predictions: Preliminary results, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, A07308, doi:10.1029/2006JA012240, 2007.
de Paula, E. R., E. A. Kherani, M. A. Abdu, I. S. Batista, J. H. A. Sobral, I. J. Kantor, H. Takahashi, L. F. C. de Rezende, M. T. A. H. Muella, F. S. Rodrigues, P. M. Kintner, B. M. Ledvina, C. Mitchell and K. M. Groves, Characteristics of the ionospheric F-region plasma instabilities over Brazilian longitudinal Sector, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, 36, 268-277, 2007.

2005

Aquino, M., F. S. Rodrigues, J. Souter, T. Moore, A. Dodson and S. Waugh, Ionospheric scintillation and impact on GNSS users in Northern Europe: results of a 3-year study, Space Communications Journal, IOS Press, 20, 17-29, 2005.
Aquino, M., T. Moore, A. Dodson, S. Waugh, J. Souter, and F. S. Rodrigues, Implications of ionospheric scintillation for GNSS users in Northern Europe, Journal of Navigation, 58(2), 241-256, 2005.

2004

Rodrigues, F. S., M. H. O. Aquino, A. Dodson, T. Moore, and S. Waugh, Statistical Analysis of GPS Ionospheric Scintillation and Short-Time TEC Variations Over Northern Europe, Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 51(1), 59-75, 2004.
Rodrigues, F. S., E. R. de Paula, M. A. Abdu, A. C. Jardim, K. N. Iyer, P. M. Kintner, and D. L. Hysell, Equatorial spread F irregularity characteristics over So Luis, Brazil, using VHF radar and GPS scintillation techniques, Radio Science, 39, RS1S31, doi:10.1029/2002RS002826, 2004.
Rodrigues, F. S., C. G. M. Brum, K. Makita, M. Nishino, E. R. De Paula, M. A. Abdu, K. Nozaki, D. B. Contreira, M. R. Da Silva, and N. J. Schuch, Commercial radio receiver for lower ionosphere monitoring: initial results, Geofisica Internacional, 43, 193-198, 2004.
de Paula, E. R., K. N. Iyer, D. L. Hysell, F. S. Rodrigues, E. A. Kherani, A. C. Jardim, L. F. C. Rezende, S. G. Dutra and N. B. Trivedi Multi-technique investigations of storm-time ionospheric irregularities over the Sao Luis equatorial station in Brazil, Annales Geophysicae, 22, 3513-3522, 2004.
Contreira, D. B., F. S. Rodrigues, K. Makita, C. G. M. Brum, W. Gonzalez, N. B. Trivedi, M.R. da Silva and N..J. Schuch, An experiment to study solar effects on radio-communication signals, Advances in Space Research, 36(12), 2455-2459, 2004.

2003

de Paula, E. R., F. S. Rodrigues, K. N. Iyer, I. J. Kantor, M. A. Abdu, P. M. Kintner, B. M. Ledvina, and H. Kil, Equatorial Anomaly Effects on GPS Scintillations in Brazil, Advances in Space Research, 31(3), 749-754, 2003.

2002

Nishino, M., K. Makita, K. Yumoto; F. S. Rodrigues, N. J. Schuch, and M. A. Abdu Unusual ionospheric absorption characterizing energetic electron precipitation into the South Atlantic Anomaly, Earth, Planets and Space, 54, 907-916, 2002.

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