A negative ion model in the lower stratosphere
There are a number of problems in the electricity of the stratosphere at middle latitudes; e.g., the positive relation between the seasonal variations of negative polar conductivity and that of ozone density, the observed dependence of the daytime variation of conductivity on the solar zenith angle, and the interaction between the ions and aerosols, particularly the processes of the conversion from negative ions to the sulfate aerosols; e.g., ion-nucleation and the growth through multi-ion complexes. As a basic tool for investigating these problems, a negative ion chemical model was constructed in the altitude region of 15 to 30 km. Recently, the success of in situ mass analysis of stratospheric ions has revealed the nature of the most abundant ions in the stratosphere. Further, the height variations of negative ion composition between 15 and 34 km were obtained with the balloon-borne mass spectrometer by another researcher. A comparison of the calculated result with the observed result is given.