Ionization layers observed at middle latitudes by Atmosphere Explorer-C

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Mar 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999jastp..61..407h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 61, Issue 5, p. 407-414.

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In the early phases of the Atmosphere Explorer mission the highly elliptical orbit with apogee near 4000 km and perigee near 135 km, allowed altitude profiles of the ion composition to be obtained over limited latitude extents at middle latitudes. Data from consecutive orbits through the mid-latitude ionosphere show the repeated appearance of ionization layers that are distributed in longitude, appearing at the same geographic location but different geomagnetic locations. In this data set the layers appear at dip latitudes as high as 40° and at these locations the magnetic declination can be significant. Examination of the shape of these layers at different longitudes supports the idea that both meridional and zonal winds may play a role in the field-aligned plasma transport that is primarily responsible for their formation.

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