A global view of F-region electron density and temperature at solar maximum

Details A global view of F-region electron density and temperature at solar maximum A global view of F-region electron density and temperature at solar maximum

Sep 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..989b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, Sept. 1982, p. 989-992.

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Electron Energy, F Region, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Temperature, Satellite Sounding, Solar Activity Effects, Dynamics Explorer 2 Satellite, Electron Density (Concentration), Ion Density (Concentration), Magnetic Equator, Neon, Plasmapause, Tellurium

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It is pointed out that the thermal structure of the ionosphere represents a quasi-static balance between a variety of heat sources and sinks which vary spatially and temporally on a wide range of time scales. The present investigation has the objective to present selected early results from the Dynamics Explorer-2 (DE-2) Langmuir probe instrument and to make an initial evaluation of how the thermal structure of the ionosphere at solar maximum differs from that observed at solar minimum. Bowen et al. (1964) and Brace and Reddy (1965) devised early empirical models of the F region electron temperature (Te), based on satellite Langmuir probe measurements at low levels of solar activity. The global structure of Te and the electron density (Ne) obtained in the current investigation is not very different from that reported by Brace and Reddy. The primary difference at solar maximum is that Ne is everywhere much higher, but Te differs only in detail.

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