Comparison of ionospheric electrical conductances inferred from coincident radar and spacecraft measurements and photoionization models

Details Comparison of ionospheric electrical conductances inferred from coincident radar and spacecraft measurements and photoionization models Comparison of ionospheric electrical conductances inferred from coincident radar and spacecraft measurements and photoionization models

Oct 1993

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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 55, no. 11-12, p. 1513-1520.

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Auroral Zones, Electron Precipitation, Ionospheric Conductivity, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Photoionization, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Ionization, Atmospheric Models, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Polar Regions, Solar Activity Effects

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Height-integrated electrical conductivities (conductances) inferred from coincident Sondrestrom incoherent scatter radar and DMSP-F7 observations in the high-latitude ionosphere during solar minimum are compared with results from photoionization models. We use radar and spacecraft measurements in combination with atmospheric and ionospheric models to distinguish between the contributions of the two main sources of ionization of the thermosphere, namely, solar UV/EUV radiation and auroral electron precipitation. The model of Robinson et al. (1987) of Pedersen and Hall conductances resulting from electron precipitation appears to be in accordance with radar measurements. Published models of the conductances resulting from photoionization that use the solar zenith angle and the solar 10.7-cm radio flux as scaling parameters are, however, in discrepancy with radar observations. At solar zenith angles of less than 90 deg, the solar radiation components of the Pedersen and Hall conductances are systematically overestimated by most of these models.

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