Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 1973
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1973p%26ss...21..763e&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 21, Issue 5, p. 763-792.
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
Thomson (incoherent) scatter radar measurements of F-region electron densities and temperatures were made approximately twice per month throughout 1966 and 1967 at Millstone Hill for periods of 24 hr. Owing to the increase in sunspot activity the results display a rich variety of different types of behaviour. Geomagnetically quiet days tended to follow patterns observed near sunspot minimum. Thus in winter there is typically a marked diurnal variation in electron density with a peak near noon and often a smaller secondary maximum between 02 and 04 EST. In summer there is less day-to-night variation and the peak density is encountered near ground sunset. Usually hmax F2 is higher in summer than winter and the layer thickness is larger also. Some magnetically disturbed days follow a distinct pattern in which Nmax and hmax are normal during the first day of the storm until afternoon when they both increase to very high values. There is then a corresponding decrease in electron temperature. During the night the electron temperature often reaches abnormally high values, providing evidence of nocturnal heating. On the following day Nmax and hmax are abnormally low. During 1967 instances in which the trough of low electron density moved south to occupy a position over Millstone became frequent. The electron temperature rose to particularly high values on these occasions. These morphological features are discussed in terms of current theoretical ideas. The results are also employed to derive seasonal variations of electron temperature and protonospheric heat flux. It is shown that since 1964 the protonospheric heat flux has been larger in winter than summer and displays a clear sunspot cycle variation.
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