Daytime E-region ion and nitric oxide densities

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May 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jphd...15..933a&link_type=abstract

Journal of Physics D - Applied Physics, vol. 15, May 14, 1982, p. 933-940.

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Daytime, E Region, Ionospheric Ion Density, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Molecular Ions, Nitric Oxide, Continuity Equation, Geomagnetism, Ionospheric Electron Density, Mass Spectrometers, Neutral Gases, Rocket-Borne Instruments, Solar Activity Effects, Steady State, Vertical Distribution

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Rocket observations of ion number densities in the E-region show that the relative concentration of its major constituents, n(NO+)/n(O2+), varies drastically with solar activity and depends on the electron and the nitric oxide concentrations. In this paper, a simple steady-state model is presented in which, by means of the electric quasi-neutrality condition, the continuity equations of both ions have been uncoupled and a one-to-one relationship between the electron and nitric oxide concentrations has been obtained. This model is applied to the calculation of the relative ion number densities and the nitric oxide concentration at middle latitudes, near noon under quiet geomagnetic and low solar activity conditions and a good agreement with the observation is found.

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