Relative abundance of the light ions in the winter nighttime topside ionosphere

Details Relative abundance of the light ions in the winter nighttime topside ionosphere Relative abundance of the light ions in the winter nighttime topside ionosphere

May 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89.2918s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, May 1, 1984, p. 2918-2930.

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Helium Ions, Hydrogen Ions, Ionospheric Ion Density, Positive Ions, Upper Ionosphere, Ion Temperature, Night, Ogo-6, Oxygen Ions, Spatial Distribution, Winter

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Ion concentration measurements with the retarding potential analyzer onboard OGO 6 satellite have served as basis for investigation of the distribution of the light ions, H(+) and He(+), relative to that of O(+) in the 500- to 800-km height range in the winter nighttime ionosphere. This concentration ratio exhibits distinct large-scale horizontal variations, with a relative depression in the ratio observed over a broad region about -45 deg longitude northward of approximately 40 deg dip latitude. The lower ratios are associated primarily with well-defined relative increases in the abundance of O(+), and occur in the same longitude sector that has been characterized in an earlier study by both an observed concurrent relative enhancement in ion temperature and the presence of large fluxes of energetic electrons. Comparisons are presented for the altitude distributions of the concentration ratio between regions representing extremes of the horizontal variation. A simple diffusive-equilibrium model demonstrates that the effects of ion temperature on the O(+) vertical distribution are a significant factor leading to the observed variation of the concentration ratio.

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