Possible variations of the collision rate of electrons with neutrals in the ionospheric D-region
Abstract
Diurnal, seasonal, and latitudinal dependences of electron/neutral collision rate in the D region are investigated on the basis of midlatitude measurements near Kharkov and Vologorad and high-latitude measurements near Murmansk. It is shown that the seasonal variations of this collision rate amount to 50-100 percent.
- Publication:
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Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
- Pub Date:
- August 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991Ge&Ae..31..682M
- Keywords:
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- Collision Rates;
- D Region;
- Electron Scattering;
- Frequency Distribution;
- Neutral Atoms;
- Annual Variations;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Atmospheric Pressure;
- Diurnal Variations