Effect of diffusion-thermal processes on the high-latitude topside ionosphere

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Feb 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978p%26ss...26..189s&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 26, Feb. 1978, p. 189-191.

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Atmospheric Diffusion, Earth Ionosphere, Polar Regions, Thermal Diffusion, Drift Rate, Heat Transmission, Incoherent Scattering, Plasma Temperature, Temperature Profiles

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The extent to which diffusion-thermal heat flow affects H(+) temperatures in the high-latitude topside ionosphere is studied. Such a heat flow occurs whenever there are H(+)-O(+) relative drifts. From our study we have found that at high-latitudes, where H(+) flows up and out of the topside ionosphere, diffusion-thermal heat flow acts to reduce H(+) temperatures by 500-600 K at altitudes above about 900 km.

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