Anomalous heating of the polar E region by unstable plasma waves. I - Observations

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Mar 1981

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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Mar. 1, 1981, p. 1447-1452. Research supported by the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronom

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Atmospheric Heating, E Region, Ionospheric Temperature, Plasma Waves, Polar Regions, Electric Field Strength, Electron Energy, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability

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With the incoherent scatter facility at Chatanika, Alaska, electron temperatures of up to 1200 K near 110-km altitude in the polar E region in the presence of strong electric fields are measured. No classical heat process can account for these high temperatures, which are clearly correlated with the dc electric field strength. It is shown that the enhancement is most probably caused by the unstable plasma waves known to exist in the disturbed polar E region.

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