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Richmond et al. 1980
Richmond, A.D., Blanc, M., Emery, B.A., Wand, R.H., Fejer, B.G., Woodman, R.F., Ganguly, S., Amayenc, P., Behnke, R.A., Calderon, C. and Evans, J.V. (1980). An empirical model of quiet-day ionospheric electric fields at middle and low latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research 85: doi: 10.1029/JA085iA09p04658. issn: 0148-0227.

Seasonally averaged quiet-day F region ionospheric E¿B drift observations from the Millstone Hill, St. Santin, Arecibo, and Jicamarca incoherent scatter radars are used to produce a model of the middle- and low-latitude electric field for solar minimum conditions. A function of similar to an electrostatic potential is fitted to the data to provide model values continuous in latitude, longitude, time of day, and day of the year. This model is intended to serve as a reference standard for applications requiring global knowledge of the mean electric field or requiring information at some location removed from the observing radars.

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