简介:Inthepresentstudy,astatisticalinvestigationiscarriedouttoexplorewhetherthereisarelationshipbetweenthecriticalfrequency(foEs)ofthesporadic-ElayerthatisoccasionallyseenontheEregionoftheionosphereandthequasibiennialoscillation(QBO)thatflowsintheeast–westdirectionintheequatorialstratosphere.Multipleregressionmodelasastatisticaltoolwasusedtodeterminetherelationshipbetweenvariables.Inthismodel,thestationarityofthevariables(foEsandQBO)wasfirstlyanalyzedforeachstation(CocosIsland,Gibilmanna,NiueIsland,andTahiti).Then,acointegrationtestwasmadetodeterminetheexistenceofalong-termrelationshipbetweenQBOandfoEs.Afterverifyingthepresenceofalong-termrelationshipbetweenthevariables,themagnitudeoftherelationshipbetweenvariableswasfurtherdeterminedusingthemultipleregressionmodel.Asaresult,itisconcludedthatthevariationsinfoEswereexplainablewithQBOmeasuredat10hPaaltitudeattherateof69%,94%,79%,and58%forCocosIsland,Gibilmanna,NiueIsland,andTahitistations,respectively.ItisobservedthatthevariationsinfoEswereexplainablewithQBOmeasuredat70hPaaltitudeattherateof66%,69%,53%,and47%forCocosIsland,Gibilmanna,NiueIsland,andTahitistations,respectively.