USE OF IONIC MOBILITIES FOR MEASUREMENTS IN THE LOWER IONOSPHERE

Abstract

The results of recent laboratory investigations indicate that attempts to use ionic mobilities for the identification of positive ions in the lower ionosphere must necessarily fail. A mobility determination requires ion- molecule collisions; chemical reactions occurring during these collisions will cause each mobility spectrum to tend toward a continuum. Because these reactions do not change the total number density of ions, conductivity measurements can be made using an average mobility for ions in air.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0671608

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People

  • George E. Keller

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bibliographies
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Charge Transfer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Collisions
  • Conductivity
  • Conversion
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electric Fields
  • Gases
  • High Altitude
  • Ions
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Measurement
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers

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