Comparison of measured and calculated low latitude ionospheric properties

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Nov 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.9187c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Nov. 1, 1983, p. 9187-9196.

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Atmospheric Models, F Region, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Ion Density, Ionospheric Temperature, Tropical Regions, Electron Energy, Geomagnetism, Hydrogen Ions, Ion Temperature, Ionospheric Drift, Ionospheric Heating, Oxygen Ions

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Measurements of ionospheric parameters above Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have been compared with a computer simulation for a variety of conditions. Agreement was found between the measured and calculated electron concentration during geomagnetically quiet conditions. Comparisons for more active conditions indicate a significant upward flow of ionization during the mid-afternoon. Calculated electron temperatures were found to be consistently lower than measured temperatures during the daytime. Calculated values of NmF2 and h(max) agreed with measured results except during the post-midnight period. Calculated values of the ion flux indicate a 24-hour net flow of ionization from the northern to the Southern Hemisphere amounting to 12 percent and 6 percent of the equilibrium flux tube content above 1000 km for the winter solstice and equinox cases, respectively.

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