Conceptual Model of the Earth’s Global Electric Field
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Conceptual Model of the Earth’s Global Electric Field
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Maxwell’s Equations
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Conceptual Model of the Earth’s Global Electric Field
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Earth’s Magnetic Field
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Earth’s Magnetic Field
arRa
rRB E
rE
cos3.0sin6.03
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arRa
rRB E
rE
cos3.0sin6.03
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The Ionosphere
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The Ionosphere
• There are enough ions and electrons to make the atmosphere a reasonably good conductor
• Charged particles are created when solar radiation at wavelengths shorter than 102.7 nm is absorbed (photoionization)
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The Ionosphere: The D-layer
• Most of the shorter uv rays have been absorbed in E and F
• Longer wavelengths (l<111.8nm), x-rays and solar cosmic rays are primarily responsible
• Disappears at night
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The Ionosphere: The E-layer
• A Chapman layer– The production of ions in a given region is
proportional to flux of radiation and to the number of molecules in that region
– Two opposing tendencies• Flux diminishes• Number density increases
• Ionization of O2 and N2
• Transition occurs from well mixed
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The Ionosphere: The F-layer
• F1: Chapman layer– Ionization of O (i.e. atomic oxygen) at even shorter
wavelengths (l<91.1nm)– O+ reacts with O2 and N2 to create ionized
molecules• F2: modified Chapman Layer– Ionization of O (i.e. atomic oxygen) at still shorter
wavelengths (l<80nm)– Also some ionization of N2
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The losses• We are “creating” all of these charges, where
does it go?• D-region: electron capture by positively charged
ions• E-region: dissociative recombination of a
molecule that reacts with an electron• F-regions: dissociative recombination of a
molecule that reacts with an electron– The difference in F1 and F2 is the reaction rate differs
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Ionosphere electron desnisty