Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89..987s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, Feb. 1, 1984, p. 987-996.
Physics
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Atmospheric Temperature, F Region, Ion Temperature, Ionospheric Drift, Drift Rate, Explorer 51 Satellite, Temperature Distribution
Scientific paper
The ion-energy balance in the high-latitude F region was studied using 40,000 simultaneous ion-temperature and drift measurements on Atmosphere Explorer C. The large number of measurements revealed how the mean ion temperature, and the average deviation from that mean, change as a function of ion drift speed during solar-minimum conditions. It was found that, in spite of an apparent large scatter in the data, the measurements could always be reasonably explained in terms of fluctuations in the neutral dynamical properties, to which the ion energy is coupled. The results also provide evidence for increased neutral drifts as the ion E x B drift increases. Evidence for systematic ion-drag effects can also be found, on the average, for dc electric fields stronger than 60 mV/m.
Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice
Hanson William B.
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