F region
LAYER IN IONOSPHERE
Appleton layer; Appleton Layer; F layer; F1 layer; F2 layer; F-layer; F Layer; F-region; Appleton Region; F Region; Edward appleton Layer
The F region of the ionosphere is home to the F layer of ionization, also called the Appleton–Barnett layer, after the English physicist Edward Appleton and New Zealand physicist and meteorologist Miles Barnett. As with other ionospheric sectors, 'layer' implies a concentration of plasma, while 'region' is the volume that contains the said layer.