Abstract. Sporadic-E (Es) is generally associated with a thin-layered structure present in the lower ionosphere mostly consisted of metallic ions. This metallic ion layer is formed when meteors burn in the upper atmosphere resulting in the deposition of free metal atoms and ions. Many studies have attributed to the presence of Es due to metallic ion layer, specifically during the nighttime. Using data from a network of meteor monitoring towers and a collocated digital ionosonde radar near Arabian Peninsula, in this paper, we are reporting our observations of Es together with the meteor count. It has been observed that the presence of Es and the meteor count data have no correlation in time, both diurnally and seasonally, leading us to conclude that presence of meteors is not the main cause for the presence of Es over Arabian Peninsula.

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流星通量对阿拉伯半岛零星发生的贡献

摘要。零星E（Es）通常与下部电离层中存在的薄层结构相关，该薄层结构主要由金属离子组成。当流星在高空燃烧时形成金属离子层，导致自由金属原子和离子的沉积。许多研究将归因于金属离子层引起的Es的存在，特别是在夜间。在本文中，我们使用来自阿拉伯半岛附近的流星监测塔网络和并置的数字离子探空仪雷达的数据，报告了我们对Es的观测以及流星数。已经观察到，Es的存在与流星数数据在时间上和昼夜都没有相关性，这使我们得出结论，流星的存在并不是阿拉伯半岛上Es的存在的主要原因。