Plasma density features associated with strong convection in the winter high-latitude F region

Details Plasma density features associated with strong convection in the winter high-latitude F region Plasma density features associated with strong convection in the winter high-latitude F region

Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.6908s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Aug. 1, 1981, p. 6908-6916.

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Convective Flow, F Region, Ionospheric Electron Density, Plasma Density, Polar Regions, Atmospheric Models, Ionospheric Composition, Plasma Drift, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Winter

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A single plasma convection model was combined with an ionospheric-atmospheric composition model to study plasma density features associated with string convection in the winter high-latitude F region. Time dependent, three-dimensional, ion density distributions for NO(+), O2(+), N2(+), O(+) and He(+) were produced, and the ionosphere above 42 deg N magnetic latitude was covered for 24 hours. The study found that for strong and weak convection, electron density exhibited a variation with altitude, latitude, longitude and universal time. Ionospheric features were evident for strong convection, but modified in comparison with those found for slow convection. Also found for strong convection was a more pronounced tongue of ionization, the appearance of a new polar hole in the polar cap, and a midlatitude electron density trough that was not as deep as found for a weak convection. In addition, good agreement was found between predictions and Atmosphere Explorer measurements of ion composition variation with latitude and local time.

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