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Rocket Observations of Sporadic E and Related Features of the E Region
Author(s) -
Smith L. G.
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/rds196612178
Subject(s) - daytime , sporadic e propagation , middle latitudes , rocket (weapon) , electron density , ionosphere , d region , atmospheric sciences , f region , ionospheric sounding , physics , stratification (seeds) , geodesy , geology , electron , meteorology , computational physics , geophysics , geography , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology , seed dormancy , germination , botany , dormancy
Observations of structural features of the electron density profile of the E region are presented. These were obtained using a rocket‐borne probe having a resolution of about 10 m in height and about 1 percent in electron density. Daytime profiles show thin‐layer E s having sharply defined upper and lower boundaries and a thickness of a few km. At night, the profiles at midlatitudes are characterized hy the generally irregular nature below 120 km. The marked tendency to horizontal stratification is noted.