Solar and seasonal dependence of ion frictional heating

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 682-691

  Davies, J A ^a   Lester, M ^a   McCrea, I W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere atmosphere interactions; plasma temperature and density)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001616120     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0682-4     Document Type: Article

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