Energy sources for the ionosphere—a survey
Energy sources for the ionosphere—a survey
Abstract An outline is given of early aeronomical ideas about the formation of the ionosphere by solar wave radiation, and its development under the impetus of increasing basic knowledge. In particular, the development concerning solar radiation in the far ultraviolet and X-ray ranges is discussed (Sect. 1). General considerations on the relation with observable ionospheric parameters are given in Sect. 2 while the individual layers are discussed in Sect. 3. It is found that elder investigations, with wrong assumptions came to the right densities while their estimates of production rates were far too low. Since two years only satellite and laboratory data allow satisfying estimates.
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Energy sources for the ionosphere—a survey
Advances in Space Research ; 1 , 12 ; 87-100
1981-01-01
14 pages
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English
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