The effect of downward electron heat flow and electron cooling processes in the high-latitude ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2399-2409

  David, M ^a   Schunk, R W ^a   Sojka, J J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling rates; Electron density; Electron temperature; Heat flow; Ionosphere

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC OXYGEN; AURORAL ELECTRONS; COOLING PROCESS; COOLING RATES; DOWNWARD FLOW; ELASTIC COLLISION; ELECTRON COOLING; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON ENERGY BALANCE; ELECTRON HEAT; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FINE-STRUCTURE LEVELS; GEOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; INELASTIC COLLISION; ION DENSITY; IONOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES; LOCAL HEATING; MODEL SIMULATION; POLAR CAP; POLAR RAIN; POLAR WIND; ROTATIONAL EXCITATION; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL CONDUCTION; THERMAL ELECTRON; THERMAL IONS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRONS; HOT ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; IONS; OXYGEN; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80054046947     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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