Open AccessOn effective conductivity of the ionosphere with random irregularities
Author(s) -
L. Alperovich,
I. Chaikovsky
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annales geophysicae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.522
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1432-0576
pISSN - 0992-7689
DOI - 10.1007/s00585-995-0339-x
Subject(s) - ionosphere , earth's magnetic field , geophysics , conductivity , computational physics , geology , physics , magnetic field , quantum mechanics
The influence of stochastic irregularities ofthe ionosphere on its effective conductivity has been estimated. The study wascarried out for large scale inhomogeneities and quasistationary electromagneticfields. It is found, that Pedersen conductivity sharply increases in a stronggeomagnetic field even for small stochastic ionospheric irregularities of theelectron density. This peculiarity has to be taken into account during analysisof ionospheric and magnetospheric measurements