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Comparison Of Simultaneous Chatanika And Millstone Hill Temperature Measurements With Ionospheric Model Predictions, C. E. Rasmussen, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk, Vincent B. Wickwar, O. De La Beaujariere, J. Foster, J. Holt
Comparison Of Simultaneous Chatanika And Millstone Hill Temperature Measurements With Ionospheric Model Predictions, C. E. Rasmussen, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk, Vincent B. Wickwar, O. De La Beaujariere, J. Foster, J. Holt
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As part of the MITHRAS program, the Chatanika and Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radars made coordinated observations of the polar ionosphere on June 27 and 28, 1981. The temperature data obtained during these days were compared with predictions made by a high-latitude ionospheric model. The comparison of the temperature measurements and the results of the ionospheric model depend on the assumptions made both in reducing the data and on the inputs that are needed by the model. The deduction of electron temperature from radar measurements depends upon a knowledge of the mean ion mass as a function of altitude. The …