Fig. 8From: 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) simulated by MIRE considering the tidal winds and the vertical electric field component (E z) and electron density model using tidal winds (gray line) together with the observational data (c) for December 13, 2009Back to article page