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The electric field existing at stratospheric elevations as determined by tropospheric and ionospheric boundary conditions

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The feasibility of inferring ionospheric electric fields from measurements at balloon altitudes has been studied by analytical and numerical analysis, using a twodimensional model atmosphere with exponentially varying conductivity, and taking into account electric fields of tropospheric origin.

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  1. Institute för Högspänningsforskning, Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden

    S. Lundquist

  2. Institutionen för Plasmafysik, Kungl. Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm, Sweden

    U. Fahleson

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Atkinson, W., Lundquist, S. & Fahleson, U. The electric field existing at stratospheric elevations as determined by tropospheric and ionospheric boundary conditions. PAGEOPH 84, 46–56 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875451

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