Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996jgr...101.5239j&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 101, Issue A3, p. 5239-5250
Physics
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Ionosphere: Ion Chemistry And Composition, Ionosphere: Instruments And Techniques, Ionosphere: Topside Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics
Scientific paper
Long-term behavior of magnesium ions in the upper atmosphere has been observed at wavelengths near 2800 Å using the Nimbus 7 solar backscattered ultraviolet (SBUV) instrument. Observations were made in the continuous spectral scan mode that operated approximately once a month from 1979 to 1986. Total column abundance of Mg+ near local noon is the quantity derived from the nadir-viewing SBUV observations. Mg+ total column abundances vary as a function of magnetic activity, solar sunspot activity, season, dip latitude, and longitude, as the result of changes in chemistry and ion transport. Increased Mg+ column abundances are observed during periods of high magnetic activity at all latitudes. Total Mg+ column abundances are observed to increase with solar sunspot activity at low and middle latitudes. Seasonal variation in the midlatitude Mg+ column abundance is observed with a maximum near summer Solstice. The column abundances derived here are complementary to previous metallic ion studies in the upper E and F regions.
Aikin Arthur C.
Joiner Joanna
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