Global patterns of Joule heating in the high-latitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Zhang, X X ^a,b   Wang, C ^a   Chen, T ^a   Wang, Y L ^c   Tan, A ^d   Wu, T S ^e   Germany, G A ^e   Wang, W ^f  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33845757600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011222     Document Type: Article

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