Meaning of ionospheric Joule heating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A2, 2005, Pages

  Vasyliunas, Vytenis M ^a   Song, Paul ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 23744494225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010615     Document Type: Article

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