A statistical study of ion frictional heating observed by EISCAT

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Davies, J. A., Lester, M., McCrea, I. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU), Copernicus Publications, Springer Verlag (Germany) 2012
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Geology; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD; INCOHERENT-SCATTER OBSERVATIONS; CONVECTION ELECTRIC-FIELDS; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; DEPENDENT PLASMA-FLOW; AURORAL F-REGION; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY; DAYSIDE MAGNETOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS; The ''Y''; EISCAT
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2381/19758; http://www.ann-geophys.net/15/1399/1997/angeo-15-1399-1997.html; https://doi.org/10.1007/s005850050555

Results of a statistical survey of F-region ion frictional heating are presented, a survey which is based on over 4000 h of common programme observations taken by the European incoherent scatter (EISCAT) UHF radar facility. The criterion adopted in this study for the identification of ion frictional...