Presunrise ion temperature enhancement observed at 600 km low- and mid-latitude ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Chao, C K ^a   Su, S Y ^a   Yeh, H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; IONOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PLASMA HEATING;

PHOTOELECTRON HEATING; CONJUGATE POINTS; HEATING MECHANISMS; HEATING PROCESS; ION TEMPERATURE; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE ALTITUDES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

GEOPHYSICS; IONS;

IONOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037490888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016268     Document Type: Article

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