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ionosphere
- Definição1
- The atmospheric region containing significant concentrations of ions and electrons.
- Fonte1
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 19 out. 2021.
- Definição2
- Part of the atmosphere 50 km above the surface of the earth. Since the strength of the sun ’s radiation varies with latitude, the structure of the ionosphere varies over the surface of the earth.
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Contexto
- The effective coverage of an NDB is also limited at night when a skywave, reflected from the ionosphere is present at the receiver in addition to the vertically polarized ground wave on which the system depends during the day.
- Subárea1
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- ionospheric storm
- Português
- ionosfera