Storming the Bastille: the effect of electric fields on the ionospheric F-layer
Storming the Bastille: the effect of electric fields on the ionospheric F-layer
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DOI：
10.5194/angeo-28-977-2010
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发表时间：
2010-04
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
H. Rishbeth;R. Heelis;J. Makela;S. Basu
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作者：
H. Rishbeth;R. Heelis;J. Makela;S. Basu
我们讨论了电离层F区风暴期间发生的不同现象，这些现象原则上可能是由电场引起的，并指出了在考虑工作中的物理过程时必须面对的挑战。我们认为运输等离子体在许多纬度在亚极光纬度，所谓的“风暴增强密度”在高中纬度地区的补丁的起源，以及在低纬度地区的F2峰的高度非常高的报告。我们讨论的作用，电场可能发挥在改变本地的净生产的电离以及运输it.We建议，在电离生产的本地变化应被视为一个更重要的过程，产生等离子体密度增强比运输从一个更遥远的源增强密度。
We discuss different phenomena occurring during ionospheric F-region storms that in principle might be caused by electric fields and point out challenges that must be faced when considering the physical processes at work. We consider the transport of plasma across many degrees of latitude at sub-auroral latitudes, the origin of patches of so-called "storm enhanced density" at high mid-latitudes, and the very high reported heights of the F2 peak at low latitudes. We discuss the role that electric fields might play in changing locally the net production of ionization as well as transporting it. We suggest that the local change in ionization production should be considered as a more important process for producing plasma density enhancements than transport from a more remote source of enhanced density.