Recent measurements of electrical conductivity and ion pair production rate, and the ion-ion recombination coefficient derived from them in the lower stratosphere.

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The results of balloon measurements of electrical conductivity and ion pair production rate obtained from the Atmospheric Electrical Measurements Workshop at the University of Wyoming in the summer of 1978 are presented. Reasonable agreement was obtained from the comparison flights of electrical conductivity. The small difference in the comparative measurements of ion pair production rate was found at stratospheric heights. The profiles of ion pair production rate measured during the period of different sunspot numbers showed a marked dependence of ion pair production rate on solar activity. The height variation of the effective ion-ion recombination coefficient calculated from the measured ion pair production rate and positive polar conductivity agrees reasonably well with the presently accepted theoretical concepts. The crossover from three-body to two-body recombination occurs at an altitude of around 23km.

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