Probe techniques have been utilized extensively to measure middle atmospheric electrical properties such as the polar components of conductivity, ion mobility and density. The most variable of these parameters is conductivity, which is dependent on both charge mobility and concentration. Overall conductivity variations, attributable to different geophysical conditions, can exceed several orders of magnitude at some altitudes. Also, measurements of conductivity over the 20 to 90 km region indicate a general exponential increase with altitude, exceeding seven orders of magnitude during certain conditions. Gerdien condensers, on occasion, have measured very low-mobility positive ions in addition to the more commonly observed molecular species. These smaller mobility values appear to indicate the presence of very large ions at some altitudes, possibly charged particulates, having mass sizes greater than those identifiable by presently flown mass spectrometers. The presence of these large ions is of importance to middle atmospheric electrodynamics as a potential causal mechanism for measured large electric fields.


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    Titel :

    Electrical properties of the middle atmosphere


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1990-01-01



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    Sonstige


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    Sprache :

    Englisch


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    Electrical properties of the middle atmosphere

    Mitchell, John D. | Elsevier | 1990


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    Electrical stratification in the middle atmosphere

    Croskey, C. L. / Hale, L. C. / Mitchell, J. D. | NTRS | 1990