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Influence of the atmospheric surface layer on the penetration of the electric field from the earth’s surface into the ionosphere

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In the used model, the quasistationary electric field in the atmosphere of the Earth is obtained by solving the conductivity equation. The penetration characteristics of the electric field from the Earth’s surface into the ionosphere depend on both atmospheric and ionosphere conductivity. The ionosphere is taken into account by setting a special condition on the upper boundary of the atmosphere. The influence of the atmospheric surface layer with a reduced conductivity on the penetration of the electric field from the surface of the Earth into the ionosphere is analyzed.

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Original Russian Text © E. V. Pomozov, 2014, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2014, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 134–141.

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Pomozov, E.V. Influence of the atmospheric surface layer on the penetration of the electric field from the earth’s surface into the ionosphere. Geomagn. Aeron. 54, 127–134 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793213060121

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