Joule heating hot spot at high latitudes in the afternoon sector

• Main Authors: L. Cai, A. T. Aikio, S. E Milan
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Uncategorized; Joule heating; field-aligned current; solar wind effect; afternoon hot spot; high-latitude ionosphere; ionospheric plasma convection; Omni; Pedersen; Svalbard; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Joule_heating_hot_spot_at_high_latitudes_in_the_afternoon_sector/10196414

The afternoon Joule heating hot spot has been studied statistically by using the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) measurements at 75.4° Corrected Geomagnetic latitude (CGMLAT) and the OMNI solar wind data base. For a small subset of events, the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response...