Heat balance of the ionosphere - Implications for the International Reference Ionosphere
Heat balance of the ionosphere - Implications for the International Reference Ionosphere
- Neue Suche nach: Bilitza, D.
- Neue Suche nach: Bilitza, D.
Theoretical considerations can be helpful tools in modeling ionospheric parameters in regions and for times where not enough experimental data are available. This study asks whether results of heat balance calculations should be introduced to supplement the data base for the International Reference Ionosphere. The present status of the theoretical understanding is discussed and the influence of the following unresolved or neglected times are examined: (1) electron heating rate, (2) electron cooling by fine structure excitation of atomic oxygen, and (3) height-dependent Coulomb Logarithm. The ambiguity introduced by these terms leads to up to 30 percent uncertainty in the electron temperature of the lower ionosphere. The electron temperature in the upper ionosphere is largely determined by heat conduction from above and depends critically on the conditions assumed at the boundary between ionosphere and plasmasphere.
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Heat balance of the ionosphere - Implications for the International Reference Ionosphere
Advances in Space Research ; 5 , 10, 1
1985-01-01
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