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On the basis of the F2-layer critical frequency foF2 for the noon at some European stations for 1958–2005, it is found that the geomagnetic activity corresponding to the foF2 median is systematically lower than that averaged over the month; the difference increases with an increase in latitude. Moreover, the dispersion of geomagnetic activity for the foF2 median at relatively high latitudes is lower than at middle latitudes. These regularities are related to the fact that high geomagnetic activity usually leads to a distinct deviation of foF2 from the typical average value, i.e., from the foF2 median, and such deviation is more substantial at relatively high latitudes. That is why the geomagnetic activity for the foF2 median is lower at relatively high latitudes than at middle latitudes.
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Original Russian Text © M.G. Deminov, G.F. Deminova, 2016, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 606–611.
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Deminov, M.G., Deminova, G.F. Geomagnetic activity that corresponds to the median of the F2-layer critical frequency at various latitudes. Geomagn. Aeron. 56, 572–576 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793216050054
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