Effects of tidal oscillations in the neutral atmosphere on electron densities in the E-region
| Autor: | John S. Nisbet, P. E. Monro, T. L. Stick |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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Physics
Atmospheric Science Electron density Range (particle radiation) Atmospheric models Atmospheric tide General Engineering Incoherent scatter Electron Noon Atmospheric sciences Geophysics Physics::Space Physics General Earth and Planetary Sciences Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Ionosphere General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 38:523-528 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9169 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0021-9169(76)90010-6 |
| Popis: | Asymmetries of the electron density about local noon in the E -region are examined. A model study has been conducted in which the effects of the large changes in neutral density and temperatures on calculated electron densities have been compared with incoherent scatter measurements in the height range 95–120 km at St. Santin, France. It is shown that the large differences in the electron density at fixed altitudes between morning and afternoon are produced by the tidal temperature and density changes in the neutral atmosphere. The significance of these results to the development of ionospheric and thermospheric models and to the analysis of electron densities on a global basis to study tidal modes is discussed. |
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