The influence of the ionosphere-plasmasphere coupling upon the latitude variations of ionospheric parameters

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Atmospheric Physics, Earth Ionosphere, Geomagnetism, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Ion Density, Latitude, Plasmasphere, Atmospheric Heating, Diurnal Variations, Heat Flux, Photoelectrons

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A numerical model for the ionosphere-plasmasphere system in the region of geomagnetic force tubes with L equals 1.5-7 is considered. The model consistently takes into account the photoelectron heating and permits computation of diurnal density and temperature variations of the O(plus) and H(plus) ions and electrons at altitudes above 200 km. The computations performed have shown that successive allowance for the increase with latitude of the volume of a geomagnetic force tube supported by the ionosphere allows one to explain various peculiarities of the outer ionosphere structure. It is shown that under geomagnetically quiet conditions, both plasmasphere heating and the heat flux into the outer ionosphere are provided by the photoelectron energy deposition in the plasmasphere.

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