Effect of thermospheric parameters on plasma distribution at high latitudes
Abstract
The concentration, velocity, and temperature of charged particles in the high-latitude ionosphere at heights of 100-420 km are investigated through a numerical solution of nonstationary two-dimensional equations for different values of neutral wind, and neutral-gas concentration and temperature. The quantitative dependence of the charged-particle distribution on the direction and velocity of the neutral wind is determined and analyzed. Changes in neutral-gas temperature are found to produce a significant redistribution of charged particles and a significant change in the height of the ionization maximum.
- Publication:
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Investigation of Dynamic Processes in the Upper Atmosphere
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985idpu.book...19M
- Keywords:
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- Ionospheric Ion Density;
- Ionospheric Temperature;
- Oxygen Ions;
- Plasma Dynamics;
- Polar Regions;
- Thermosphere;
- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Ion Temperature;
- Ionospheric Composition;
- Neutral Gases;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Geophysics