What do we know of the long-term change of the Earth's ionosphere?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1121-1125

  Bencze, P ^a  

^a GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; Ionosphere; Ionospheric sounding; Long term change; Solar and geomagnetic activities

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

IONOSPHERIC DATA SERIES; IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING; IONOSPHERIC STATIONS; SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34548718194     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.078     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Alfonsi L., De Franceschi G., Perrone L., and Materassi M. Long-term trends of the critical frequency of the F2 layer at northern and southern high latitude regions. Phys. Chem. Earth 27 (2002) 607-612
2. Becker W. The temperature of the F-region deduced from electron number density profiles. J. Geophys. Res. 72 (1967) 2001-2006
3. Bencze P. On the long term change of ionospheric parameters. J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys. 67 (2005) 1298-1306
4. Bencze P., and Poor A. On the effect of greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere. Acta Geod. Geoph. Hung. 31 (1996) 439-444
5. Bencze, P., Solé, G., Alberca, L.F., Poór, A. Long-term changes of hmF2: Possible latitudinal and regional variations. Proc. 2nd COST 251 Workshop, 107-113, 1998.
6. Bremer J. Ionospheric trends in mid-latitudes as a possible indicator of the atmospheric greenhouse effect. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 54 (1992) 1505-1511
7. Bremer J. Mesospheric temperature trends at mid-latitudes derived from LF radio propagation experiments. Adv. Space Res. 32 9 (2003) 1653-1662
8. Bremer J. Trends in the ionospheric E- and F-regions over Europe. Ann. Geophys. 16 (1998) 986-996
9. Bremer J. Trends in the thermosphere derived from global ionosonde observations. Adv. Space Res. 28 7 (2001) 997-1006
10. Bremer J., and Berger U. Mesospheric temperature trends derived from ground-based LF phase-height observations at mid-latitudes: comparison with model simulations. J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys. 64 (2002) 805-816
11. Burkard O., and Eyfrig R. Geofis. pura e appl. 16 (1950) 123-127
12. Cliverd M.A., Ulich T., and Jarvis M.J. Residual solar cycle influence on trends in ionospheric F2-layer peak height. J. Geophys. Res. 108 A12 (2003) SIA15
13. Danilov A.D. Long-term trends of foF2 independent of geomagnetic activity. Ann. Geophys. 21 (2003) 1167-1176
14. Danilov A.D. The method of determination of the long-term trends in the F2-region independent of geomagnetic activity. Ann. Geophys. 20 (2002) 511-521
15. Huang F.T., and Reber C.A. Nonmigrating semidiurnal and diurnal tides at 95 km based on wind measurement from the High Resolution Doppler Imager on UARS. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) D10110
16. Jarvis M.J., Jenkins B., and Rodgers G.A. Southern hemisphere observations of a long-term decrease in F region altitude and thermospheric wind providing possible evidence for global thermospheric cooling. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (1998) 20775-20787
17. 2 -induced cooling in the middle atmosphere: photochemical analysis of the ozone radiative feedback. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) D24103
18. Lastovicka J. Long-term changes and trends in the lower ionosphere. Phys. Chem. Earth 27 (2002) 497-507
19. Lastovicka J. Long-term trends in the lower ionosphere. Adv. Space Res. 28 7 (2001) 1007-1016
20. Lastovicka J., and Bremer J. An overview of long-term trends in the lower ionosphere below 120 km. Surv. Geophys. 25 (2004) 69-99
21. Marin D., Mikhailov A.V., de la Morena B.A., and Herraiz M. Long-term hmF2 trends in the Eurasian longitudinal sector on the ground-based ionosonde observations. Ann. Geophys. 19 (2001) 761-772
22. Matsushita S. A study of the morphology of the ionospheric storms. J. Geophys. Res. 64 (1959) 305-321
23. Mikhailov A.V. Ionospheric long-term trends: can the geomagnetic control and the greenhouse hypothesis be reconciled?. Ann. Geophys. 24 (2006) 2533-2541
24. Mikhailov A.V., and Marin D. An interpretation of the foF2 and hmF2 long-term trends in the framework of the geomagnetic control concept. Ann. Geophys. 19 (2001) 733-748
25. Piggott W.R., and Rawer K. URSI Handbook of Ionogram Interpretation and Reduction (1961), Elsevier, Amsterdam
26. 2 and mean age. J. Geophys. Res. 105 (2000) 20013-20024
27. Rawer K., and Suchy K. Radio observations of the ionosphere. In: Flügge S. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Physics XLIX/2 (1967), Springer, Berlin
28. Rishbeth H. A greenhouse effect in the ionosphere?. Planet. Space Sci. 38 (1990) 945-948
29. Rishbeth H., and Roble R.G. Cooling of the upper atmosphere by enhanced greenhouse gases - modelling of the thermospheric and ionospheric effects. Planet. Space Sci. 40 (1992) 1011-1026
30. Taubenheim J., Entzian G., and Berendorf K. Long-term decrease of mesospheric temperature 1963-1995, inferred from radiowave reflection heights. Adv. Space Res. 20 11 (1997) 2059-2063
31. 2 induced progressive cooling of the middle atmosphere derived from radio observations. Adv. Space Res. 10 10 (1990) 171-174
32. Ulich, T. Solar variability and long-term trends in the atmosphere. Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory Publications No. 87, Oulu, 2000.
33. Wright J.W. On the implication of diurnal, seasonal and geographical variations in composition of the high atmosphere, from F-region measurements. In: Thrane E. (Ed). Electron Density Distribution in Ionosphere and Exosphere (1964), North-Holland, Amsterdam