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Shinagawa 1993
Shinagawa, H. (1993). Model calculations of the dayside ionosphere of Venus at solar minimum. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL02420. issn: 0094-8276.

The dayside ionosphere of Venus at solar minimum was studied using one-dimensional MHD model. The observed electron density profiles were reproduced reasonably well, assuming that the ionosphere of Venus at solar minimum is magnetized by the solar wind. A bump or a ledge structure of the electron density profile at the altitude range of 170--200 km observed by the Pioneer Venus radio occultation measurements were also reproduced under magnetized conditions. It was found that the bump structure is more apparent and more realistic for lower electron temperatures, suggesting that electron temperatures at low altitudes (<200 km) significantly decrease from a solar maximum period to a solar minimum period. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Ionosphere, Modeling and forecasting, Ionosphere, Planetary ionospheres, Ionosphere, Plasma temperature and density, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies
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Geophysical Research Letters
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