ScholarLens Back to search
1969•Unpublished venueOpen access

Topside ionosphere electron density concentration: Observation and theory. Report No. 23.

Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Mao‐Fou Wu, US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

Open full text 1 citations

Abstract

The ionospheric F-region is noted for its many anomalies, which may be defined as the departure in measured electron concentrations from the values predicted by straightforward application of Chapman layer theory. The anomalies have long been studied from ground based ionosonde data. In this study, three years of Alouette I satellite data on the topside ionosphere, between the F2 peak and 1000 km, have been analyzed.

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

The ionospheric F-region is noted for its many anomalies, which may be defined as the departure in measured electron concentrations from the values predicted by straightforward application of Chapman layer theory. The anomalies have long been studied from ground based ionosonde data. In this study, three years of Alouette I satellite data on the topside ionosphere, between the F2 peak and 1000 km, have been analyzed.

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 1 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

The ionospheric F-region is noted for its many anomalies, which may be defined as the departure in measured electron concentrations from the values predicted by straightforward application of Chapman layer theory. The anomalies have long been studied from ground based ionosonde data. In this study, three years of Alouette I satellite data on the topside ionosphere, between the F2 peak and 1000 km, have been analyzed.

Key concepts: Ionosonde, Ionosphere, International Reference Ionosphere, Electron density, Satellite, Geophysics, Geodesy, Geology

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Topside ionosphere electron density concentration: Observation and theory. Report No. 23. — Research Paper | ScholarLens