Long-term climate change in the D-region

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Clilverd, Mark A., Duthie, Roger, Rodger, Craig J., Hardman, Rachael L., Yearby, Keith H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
• Subjects: Article; Cutler; Halley Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709363/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29192174; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16891-4

Controversy exists over the potential effects of long-term increases in greenhouse gas concentrations on the ionospheric D-region at 60–90 km altitudes. Techniques involving in-situ rocket measurements, remote optical observations, and radio wave reflection experiments have produced conflicting resu...