Abstract
MF and HF conjugate ducting is often observed while satellite sounders are within equatorial bubbles. This paper examines two possible forms of this propagation. The first is guiding by the bubble itself, the second is ducting along irregularities, of small cross-section, embedded in the bubble. One bubble model, based on observations by Dyson and Benson [ Geophys. Res. Lett. 9, 795 (1978)], gives some results at variance with observation. Nevertheless it is considered that slight changes to the model, such as asymmetries between the conjugate ionospheres, should remove the discrepancies. The results show that bubbles themselves will definitely produce conjugate ducting on occasions. The alternative explanation requires ducts of small cross-section, distributed throughout the bubble in order to produce conjugate ducting on successive ionograms. Good matches between calculated and observed echo traces for conjugate echoes were obtained using this model. It is likely that both forms of propagation occur.
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