The behaviour of the F-layer at a low midlatitude station on winter and summer nights and comparison with the results of a thermospheric model
1974; Elsevier BV; Volume: 36; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0021-9169(74)90121-4
ISSN1878-593X
Autores Tópico(s)GNSS positioning and interference
ResumoThe action of neutral air winds and of influx of plasma from outside the F-layer are shown to be important in understanding its observed nighttime behaviour at a lower midlatitude station. On winter nights the problem is to understand why F-layer electron concentrations are as high as they are. On the other hand on summer nights the problem is to understand how the F-layer decays as quickly as it does after large increases in F-layer electron concentrations which are observed to occur near midnight. The use of radio observations from a global network of stations could possibly lead to a model capable of predicting a wider range of ionospheric phenomena than is currently possible.
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