MORPHOLOGY OF EQUATORIAL MG+ ION DISTRIBUTION DEDUCED FROM 2800-A AIRGLOW OBSERVATIONS

被引:16
作者
GERARD, JC
RUSCH, DW
HAYS, PB
FESEN, CL
机构
[1] UNIV COLORADO,ATMOSPHER & SPACE PHYS LAB,BOULDER,CO 80309
[2] UNIV LIEGE,INST ASTROPHYS,B-4200 COINTE OUGREE,BELGIUM
来源
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS | 1979年 / 84卷 / NA9期
关键词
IONOSPHERE; -; IONS;
D O I
10.1029/JA084iA09p05249
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Visible Airglow Experiment on the Atmosphere Explorer E satellite has observed the resonantly scattered emission from Mg II at 2800 A in the equatorial ionosphere. Altitude profiles of the Mg** plus ion distribution have been obtained from the inversion of the surface brightness measurements made on spinning orbits. These data show a daytime metallic ion layer between 150 and 200 km developing in the early morning and reaching about 100 ions/cm**3 in the afternoon. Mg** plus ions are also seen in the F//2 region mostly in the late afternoon hours within a few degrees of the dip equator. The study of the vertical column density measured in the despun mode indicates that the amount of Mg** plus in the F region is most variable in the afternoon hours at low dip latitudes. These results can be explained in part by the diurnal variation fo the E multiplied by B drift velocity which lifts the metallic ions up into the F region. The observations suggest that the vertical polarization electric field is not the primary transport mechanism extracting the Mg** plus ions from the low-altitude source layer.
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页码:5249 / 5258
页数:10
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