Abstract:
Spectral Resonance Structures (SRS) of Ionospheric Alfven Resonator (IAR) are investigated by analysing the magnetic
field data of a high sampling frequency induction coil magnetometer, installed at a low latitude Indian station,
Shillong(25.56◦N, 91.86◦E, dipoleL = 1.08) . One of the distinguishing features of IAR resonance structure observed at
this latitude is the excitation of two spectral resonance structures simultaneously, one with a small frequency separation
and the other with a large frequency separation of subsequent harmonics. The seasonal variation shows that the
occurrence of double SRS is more favoured during winter, where, out of the total IAR events observed during winter,
about 47% show clear signatures of double SRS and no double SRS are observed during summer. We have examined
the altitudinal variation of refractive index using IRI 2016 model to understand the role of local ionospheric conditions
in the formation of double spectral resonance structures. Our study reveals that the excitation of double SRS is related
to the E-region to F-region variability of refractive index of the ionosphere. We also report that the double spectral
resonance structures at Shillong are always observed only in the Bx component of the magnetic field variation.
