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Some Introductory and Background Comments on Our State of Knowledge of Sporadic E
Author(s) -
Smith E. K.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds196612129
Subject(s) - sporadic e propagation , ionization , physics , turbulence , plasma , meteorology , geophysics , epistemology , astrophysics , statistical physics , atmospheric sciences , theoretical physics , ionosphere , philosophy , ion , quantum mechanics
Some comments are offered as to the major types of sporadic E from the causal standpoint (e.g., plasma instabilities, precipitation of charged particles, and wind shear and turbulence). The Cavendish Conference in 1958 on “sporadic E ionization” is reviewed, and extracts from the introductory and concluding statements of this conference are quoted with the thought that they are equally pertinent to the present conference. Finally it is suggested that, from the scientific standpoint, the role of ground‐based radio experiments is to define the horizontal structure and height of sporadic E clouds.