The middle atmosphere ionized component

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Jun 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980esasp.152..479a&link_type=abstract

In ESA European Rocket and Balloon Programs and Related Res. p 479-496 (SEE N81-10914 01-99)

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Earth Ionosphere, Ion Concentration, Ionospheric Composition, Stratosphere, Aerosols, Anions, Annual Variations, Atmospheric Ionization, Diurnal Variations, Ion Probes, Ion Recombination, Positive Ions, Solar Radiation

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Current understanding of the middle atmosphere ionized component (MAIC) is reviewed, with an emphasis on in-situ composition measurements of electrically charged species. Concerning its typical structure which is characterized by a pronounced minimum of total charged particle concentrations around 60 km, the MAIC is divided in two regions: The lower ionosphere which results mainly from ionization of atmospheric gases by solar electromagnetic radiation, and the lower region extending from the tropopause to 60 km which will be termed stratospheric ionized component, which results mainly from ionization by galactic cosmic radiation. The review includes discussions of ionization recombination cycles, negative ion composition, lower ionosphere variability, positive ion composition ion induced aerosol formation and analytical applications of ion composition measurements.

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