The role of neutral winds and ionospheric electric field in forming stable sporadic E-layers |
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| Authors: | D Rees EB Dorling KH Lloyd C Low |
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| Institution: | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, England;Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London England;Flight Research Group, Weapons Research Establishment, P.O. Box 2151, G.P.O. Adelaide 5001, S. Australia |
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| Abstract: | Using the combined measurements from a rocket flight through a stable intense sporadic E-layer, we examine the shortcomings of conventional wind shear theory of ion layer formation, principally in underestimating the role of the ambient ionospheric electric field. Our results imply that the ionospheric electric field may control the stability and precise location of such ionisation layers within a region of convergent ion flow. |
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