Fig. 7From: Competition between winds and electric fields in the formation of blanketing sporadic E layers at equatorial regionsElectron density as a function of time (UT) and altitude (a) and vertical profiles (b) and the comparison between electron density profiles simulated by MIRE (gray line) with observational data (black spheres) for January 5, 2005 (c), considering the tidal winds and the vertical electric field component (E z)Back to article page