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Ionospheric long-term trends for South American mid-latitudes
被引:39
|作者:
Foppiano, AJ
[1
]
Cid, L
Jara, V
机构:
[1] Univ Concepcion, Dept Fis Atmosfera & Oceano, Concepcion, Chile
[2] Univ Concepcion, Dept Estadist, Concepcion, Chile
[3] Univ Concepcion, Unidad Acad Los Angeles, Concepcion, Chile
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D O I:
10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00025-5
中图分类号:
P3 [地球物理学];
P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号:
0708 ;
070902 ;
摘要:
Using ionosonde made observations at Concepcion (36.8 degrees S; 73.0 degrees W) for the 1958-1994 interval, long-term trends of critical frequency (foF2) and peak height (hmF2) of the ionospheric F2-layer are analysed. The trends found for different times-of-day and all seasons are consistent with an increasing diurnal-variation amplitude of both foF2 and hmF2. An increasing hmF2 trend of up to 1.5 km/year found between midnight and dawn during winter has no precedent. It is suggested that these long-term amplitude changes may be associated with changes in the prevailing thermospheric meridional neutral winds. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:717 / 723
页数:7
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