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The results of comparison of model calculations of the electron concentration N at ionospheric heights of 120–200 km to the experimental data obtained at a series of geographic points at various levels of solar activity in various seasons of the year in quiet and disturbed conditions are presented and discussed. The calculations are performed using the semiempirical model (SEM) developed by the authors and giving in a general form the relation of N to characteristics of the thermospheric neutral gas and the solar activity index. The data presented in the paper show that the calculations with the SEM in question in the majority of cases agree well with experiment (the difference between them is 10–20%). The authors believe that the results of the comparative analysis presented in the paper manifest a high degree of universality of the discussed SEM.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Shchepkin, G.M. Kuznetsova, G.P. Kushnarenko, 2009, published in Solnechno-Zemnaya Fizika, 2009, Vol. 13, pp. 14–18.
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Shchepkin, L.A., Kuznetsova, G.M. & Kushnarenko, G.P. Model description of electron concentration in the middle ionosphere. Geomagn. Aeron. 50, 843–847 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793210070029
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