Constructing a model of formation of the Venus nightside ionosphere for the period of low solar activity.
Abstract
A two-dimensional model for the formation of the nighttime ionosphere of Venus is verified for the case of low solar activity using radio-occultation data from Venera 9 and 10 as well as from Venera 15 and 16. The model takes into account two probable sources of ionosphere formation: ionization by superthermal electrons and horizontal transport of ions from the daytime sector.
- Publication:
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Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia
- Pub Date:
- March 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990KosIs..28..282S
- Keywords:
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- Ionospheric Electron Density;
- Planetary Ionospheres;
- Two Dimensional Models;
- Venus Atmosphere;
- Radio Occultation;
- Solar Activity;
- Venera Satellites;
- Geophysics;
- Venus Ionosphere: Models;
- Venus Ionosphere: Solar Activity Cycles