Equatorial Spread F (ESF), is a manifestation linked to Atmospheric Gravity Waves (AGW). There have not been many studies to ascertain the extensive relationship between the occurrence of AGW and the occurrence of ESF. To evaluate the extent of their relationship, this study used data obtained with the aid of a satellite-borne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and ionograms obtained using a Digisonde Portable Sounder (DPS-4) located at Jicamarca (geog. Lat. 11.950 ᵒS, long. 76.867 ᵒW and geomagnetic Lat. 2.27 ᵒS, Long. 4.15 ᵒW; Dip 2 ᵒN) during the year 2016. The results also suggest that whenever AGW, under the control of tidal winds, propagates into F-region heights such that both AGW and tidal wind structures act together, it could have great potential at influencing plasma instability growth rate. The result further shows that when AGW has a long enough wavelength to reach the F-region, it tends to influence the factors responsible for the occurrence of the Mixed Spread-F (MSF) type of ESF. MSF is observed to be predominant in occurrence whenever AGW and ESF occur simultaneously compared to the other two types of ESF. The coefficient of correlation between AGW and MSF ranged between 0.1 and 0.5, while for Range Spread-F and Frequency Spread-F, it ranged between 0.2. These levels of correlations show that AGW does not directly trigger ESF. The range of the correlation coefficient between AGW and MSF however tends to support the suggestion that AGW occurrence is capable of influencing the factors responsible for a type of ESF occurrence rather than triggering ESF occurrence altogether.

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