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The ionosphere is that portion of the earth’s atmosphere containing a sufficient free-electron population to noticeably affect propagation of electromagnetic waves in the radio-frequency spectrum. It might be described also as that region of our atmosphere in which the refractive index has a value perceptibly less than unity.
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Seaton, S.L. (1951). The Ionosphere. In: Malone, T.F. (eds) Compendium of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-70-9_28
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