
%0 Journal Article
%A Kirkpatrick, CB 
%T The Influence of Vertical Ionic Drift on a 'Chapman Region'
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1948/12/01
%V 1
%N 4
%P 423-442
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9480423
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9480423 
%X Vertical transport of ions is taken into account in a theoretical treatment of an ionized region in which ion production and decay are operative. Methods are evolved for computing the electron density in both a &quot;moving&quot; and a static layer. Ionic drift is believed to be caused by tidal motion of the upper air and so, for conditions representative of the E region and the solar atmospheric tide, the effect of ionic drift is investigated and the theoretical departure from normal &quot; Chapman &quot; behaviour is measured. 
