Energy Input to the Auroral Ionosphere.

• Main Author: Doupnik,J R
• Other Authors: UTAH STATE UNIV LOGAN CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE SCIENCES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; *IONOSPHERE; *ENERGY TRANSFER; *AURORAE; PLASMAS(PHYSICS); ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; RADAR; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEATING; F REGION; Joule heating; E region; Chatanika radar; Pedersen conductivity; WUAFOSR2310A2; PE61102F; Pedersen; Geomagnetic Pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA083038; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA083038

This effort was to aid studies of the high latitude ionosphere particularly with regard to Joule heating processes. For energy input to the atmosphere by Joule heating the dominant physical factor has been found to be the strength of the electric field - the motions of the ionospheric plasma through...