Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1765502 | Advances in Space Research | 2010 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The ionospheric characteristics of the F2 layer peak have been measured with ionosondes from the ground or with satellites from space. The most common characteristics are the F2-peak density NmF2 and peak height hmF2. In addition to these two parameters this paper studies the F2-peak scale height. Comparing the median values of hmF2 and NmF2 obtained from topside and bottomside sounding shows good agreement in general. The Chapman scale height values for the F2 layer peak derived from topside profiles, Hm,top, are generally several times larger than Hm,bot derived from bottomside profiles.
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Authors
Patrick A. Nsumei, Bodo W. Reinisch, Xueqin Huang, Dieter Bilitza,