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DR. MUNRO'S scepticism regarding our recent suggestion1 that certain large flares are associated with effects in the F region of the ionosphere is understandable. As he points out, a solar photon phenomenon of this type would be expected to be evident over the entire sunlit hemisphere and not only at one or two isolated stations. However, since the submission of our original communication, our work has revealed several new facts which may help to account for this apparent non-uniformity.
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Knecht, R., and Davies, K., Nature, 190, 797 (1961).
Munro, G. H., and Heisler, L. H., Austral. J. Phys., 9, 343 (1956).
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KNECHT, R., DAVIES, K. Possible Solar Flare Effects in the F Region of the Ionosphere. Nature 192, 348 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192348a0
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