Sydney Chapman
Ionospheric layer Formation
Sydney Chapman
was the one who developed the theory of exactly how the layers in the
ionosphere were ionized. The most important aspect of this is that high
speed, non-charged particles can ionize certain layers of the
ionosphere, generating the ring current. This current can lead to
interesting phenomenon, such as the aurora, geomagnetic storms, and in
turn, a drop in the earth's own magnetic field strength.
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