Electromagnetic energy deposition rate in the polar upper thermosphere derived from the EISCAT Svalbard radar and CUTLASS Finland radar observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2393-2403

  Fujiwara, H ^a   Kataoka, R ^b   Suzuki, M ^a   Maeda, S ^c   Nozawa, S ^d   Hosokawa, K ^e   Fukunishi, H ^a   Sato, N ^f   Lester, M ^g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; HEAT SOURCE; HEATING; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADAR; THERMOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36749054687     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2393-2007     Document Type: Article

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