Chatanika radar observations relating to the latitudinal and local time variations of Joule heating

Details Chatanika radar observations relating to the latitudinal and local time variations of Joule heating Chatanika radar observations relating to the latitudinal and local time variations of Joule heating

Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.6869b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Aug. 1, 1981, p. 6869-6878.

Physics

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Atmospheric Heating, Auroral Zones, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Plasma Diagnostics, Radar Measurement, Thermosphere, Convective Flow, Magnetic Disturbances, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Magnetospheric Instability, Ohmic Dissipation, Radar Imagery, Resistance Heating

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Observations of plasma convection made with the Chatanika incoherent scatter radar have been analyzed to give latitude/local time plots of the electric field contribution (E squared) to thermospheric Joule heating. The data, which plan the invariant latitude range 56 deg to 75 deg, show the presence of strong heating throughout the auroral regions. Of special interest are brief interludes of intense heating (greater than 50 mW/sq m) that are observed at nearly all local times and latitudes in response to magnetospheric disturbances. Further, there seem to be particular regions of the auroral oval where Joule heating seems to be continually enhanced above the broad background. The results of six 24-hour experiments are presented to illustrate summer and winter conditions. A shorter eight hour experiment is also given to show the characteristics of cleft heating, insofar as they are visible to the Chatanika radar.

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