Ionospheric peak height at the magnetic equator: Comparison between ionosonde measurements and IRI

• Main Authors: Takashi Maruyama, Guanyi Ma, Takuya Tsugawa, Pornchai Supnithi, Tharadol Komolmis
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Engineering; Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85020899499&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/46768
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016 COSPAR The ionospheric peak height in the F layer (hmF2) varies with not only thermospheric conditions but also dynamic processes in the upper atmosphere. At mid-latitudes, the field-aligned diffusion and recombination loss determine the hmF2 in the absence of applied vertical drift. Vertical...