Electron heat flow in the auroral ionosphere inferred from EISCAT-VHF observations

Details Electron heat flow in the auroral ionosphere inferred from EISCAT-VHF observations Electron heat flow in the auroral ionosphere inferred from EISCAT-VHF observations

Jan 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jgr....9913181b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 99, no. A7, p. 13,181-13,188

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Annual Variations, Diurnal Variations, Electron Distribution, Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Heat Flux, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Flux, Altitude, Auroral Zones, Earth Ionosphere, Eiscat Radar System (Europe), F Region, Terminator Lines, Very High Frequencies

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At auroral latitudes the electron heat flow resulting from solar EUV heating, as well as magnetospheric energy input, are important parameters which drive the thermal electron structure of the upper ionosphere. A method is presented which allows a determination from EISCAT-VHF observations of the heat flow at two altitudes, typical of the collision-dominated F2 region and of the topside ionosphere. EISCAT midwinter and near-summer observations are used to illustrate the method: diurnal and seasonal variations of solar origin are evidenced, with peculiar enhancements at sunrise and sunset that are interpreted as a delay between the F2 level and topside terminator passage. Perturbations of magnetospheric origin are then discussed. One of them is characteristic of low-altitude energy inputs. Others correspond to high-altitude energy inputs through heat flow variations and are interpreted as upward currents of the order of 14 microA/sq m.

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