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OBSERVATIONS on the ionization of the upper atmosphere during a meteoric shower have as yet been very few in number and have all been confined to the Kennelly-Heaviside or E region. So far as we are aware, only two observations, one carried out in the United States1 and the other in India2, comprised direct measurements of the ion content of this region during the Leonid showers. Both gave strong evidence that ionization of this region increases enormously during such showers.
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BHAR, J. Effect of Meteoric Shower on the lonisation of the Upper Atmosphere. Nature 139, 470–471 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139470b0
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