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- Title
Numerical simulation of the F2-layer stratification and appearance of the F3 and G layers in the equatorial ionosphere: The morphology of the phenomena.
- Authors
Klimenko, M.; Klimenko, V.
- Abstract
This work is devoted to a numerical simulation of the equatorial ionosphere, performed using the GSM TIP model completed with a new block for calculating the electric field. It has been indicated that the usage of the wind system calculated according to the MSIS-90 model makes it possible to reproduce the electromagnetic drift velocities at the equator, the effect of the F2-layer stratification, and the appearance of the F3 layer in the equatorial ionosphere. The calculations performed using the modified GSM TIP model made it possible to detect a maximum in the electron density vertical profile at an altitude of ∼1000 km, formed by H ions, which we called the G layer. If this layer actually exists, it can be observed during sounding the low-latitude ionosphere from satellites during dark time of day.
- Subjects
EQUATORIAL satellites; IONOSPHERE; ELECTRIC fields; ELECTROMAGNETIC devices; ALTITUDES
- Publication
Geomagnetism & Aeronomy, 2011, Vol 51, Issue 5, p646
- ISSN
0016-7932
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0016793211050082