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The solar flux influence on quiet time conductances in the auroral ionosphere

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Geophysical Research Letters, 20 (10): 971-974 (1993)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/92GL02109

Abstract

Hall and Pedersen conductances derived from EISCAT Common Program 1 (CP-1) data during half a solar cycle are presented. The data set consists of 9 quiet summer days with 10.7-cm solar flux (Sa) ranging from solar minimum (Sa=74) to solar maximum (Sa=248) conditions. The solar flux and the solar zenith angle (χ) dependence of Hall (∑H) and Pedersen (∑P) conductances are well represented by respectively. The present results are in good agreement with the theoretical model calculations by Rasmussen et al. 1988 for solar minimum conditions. For higher solar activity levels, however, our model gives consistently higher conductance values than older models.

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