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Data from four A3 radio wave circuits in central Europe are used to analyse the representativeness of the ionization and gravity wave activity pattern in the lower ionosphere (∼85 – 100 km) in the CRISTA experiment interval (3 – 12 November 1994) for the given conditions. It has been found that the CRISTA experiment interval was run under conditions, which are highly representative both of October – November 1994 and autumn, low-moderate solar activity, the descending phase of solar cycle conditions, i.e. CRISTA measurements may be considered to provide values identical with, or close to climatological values (at least for central Europe, h = 85 – 100 km).
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Laštovička, J., Burešová, D., Boška, J. et al. Do CRISTA Experiment/Campaign Data Represent a Typical Situation or Not?. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 41, 171–180 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023388628983
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