Seasonal, diurnal, and solar cyclical variations of the limiting H(+) flux in the earth's topside ionosphere

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Hydrogen Ions, Ionospheric Ion Density, Plasmasphere, Solar Cycles, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Annual Variations, Diurnal Variations, Magnetic Flux, Solar Activity

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Seasonal and solar cyclical variations in the limiting H(+) flux are compared over the solar minimum-to-maximum interval 1974-80. The comparisons are made on the bases of values derived with the MSIS-83 and -77 models, which in turn are based on Atmospheric Explorer-E O(+) and H(+) data from the ionosphere. The H(+) flux is obtained by integration of the H(+) continuity equation along magnetic flux tubes. The seasonal and cyclical variations are dominated by the neutral hydrogen density, although the O(+) boundary density, scale height and O(+)-H reaction somewhat ameliorate the changes caused by the density variations. Finally, the plasmasphere experienced an order of magnitude decrease in H(+) in going from solar minimum to maximum, which could have been caused by longer limiting flux escapes through more, longer-lived, shorter flux tubes.

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