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Ionosphere: Solar Zenith Angle

This module allows you to see how the density and height of the electron density maximum varies with the solar zenith angle.

Atmospheric parameters
Scale height of the atmosphere:
Maximum altitude of plots:
Minimum altitude of plots:
Options
Draw multiple altitude profiles on the same graph

Assume the Chapman production function peaks at 120 km, at zero solar zenith angle, and the peak production function is 103 cm-3 s-1.