Effects of different convection models upon the high-latitude ionosphere

Details Effects of different convection models upon the high-latitude ionosphere Effects of different convection models upon the high-latitude ionosphere

Jun 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.6999r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, June 1, 1986, p. 6999-7005.

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F 2 Region, Ionospheric Currents, Ionospheric Electron Density, Polar Caps, Space Plasmas, Atmospheric Models, Convection, Electric Potential, Ion Temperature, Polar Cusps

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The plasma convection models of Volland (1975) and Heelis (1982) are utilized to study the ionosphere. The parameters for the two models are evaluated. The two-cell convection models have similar total cross tail electric potential, diameter of the polar cap, and potential falloff rate outside the polar cap; however, they differ in maximum potential, and the electric field in the polar cap. The input parameters for the high-latitude ionospheric model are described. Two high-latitude ionospheric model runs were conducted and the data are compared in terms of electron density at and above the F 2 peak, attitude of the F 2 peak, ion temperature, and molecular-atomic ion transition height. The altitude dependence of electron density is analyzed using coherent scatter radar data. The data reveal differences between the two models in the height of the F 2 peak and in the ion temperature. The altitude values of the Heelis model are higher than the Volland model in the region where plasma is transported into the polar cap and lower in the region plasma is transported out of the polar cap; the Heelis model also produces an increase in ion temperature. It is noted that the ionosphere has a limited dependence upon the details of the convection models.

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