Effects of frictional ion heating and soft-electron precipitation on high-latitude F-region upflows

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (20) ◽  
pp. 2713-2716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
J. L. Horwitz ◽  
P. G. Richards
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Electron Precipitation ◽  
Ion Heating ◽  
F Region

High Latitude F-Region Drift Studies.

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bodo W. Reinisch ◽  
Jurgen Buchau ◽  
Edward J. Weber ◽  
Claude G. Dozois ◽  
Klaus Bibl
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
F Region

scholarly journals Dynamic fluid-kinetic (DyFK) modeling of auroral plasma outflow driven by soft electron precipitation and transverse ion heating

1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (A8) ◽  
pp. 17263-17275 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.-Y. Wu ◽  
J. L. Horwitz ◽  
G. M. Estep ◽  
Y.-J. Su ◽  
D. G. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Precipitation ◽  
Ion Heating ◽  
Auroral Plasma

scholarly journals Pathways of F region thermospheric mass density enhancement via soft electron precipitation

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 5824-5831 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Zhang ◽  
R. H. Varney ◽  
W. Lotko ◽  
O. J. Brambles ◽  
W. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Density ◽  
Electron Precipitation ◽  
F Region ◽  
Density Enhancement

scholarly journals A Statistical study of the Doppler spectral width of high-latitude ionospheric F-region echoes recorded with SuperDARN coherent HF radars

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1769-1781 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-P. Villain ◽  
R. André ◽  
M. Pinnock ◽  
R. A. Greenwald ◽  
C. Hanuise
Keyword(s):  
High Latitude ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Spectral Width ◽  
Auroral Oval ◽  
F Region ◽  
Radar Network ◽  
Period 2 ◽  
Time Period ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Data Points

Abstract. The HF radars of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) provide measurements of the E × B drift of ionospheric plasma over extended regions of the high-latitude ionosphere. We have conducted a statistical study of the associated Doppler spectral width of ionospheric F-region echoes. The study has been conducted with all available radars from the Northern Hemisphere for 2 specific periods of time. Period 1 corresponds to the winter months of 1994, while period 2 covers October 1996 to March 1997. The distributions of data points and average spectral width are presented as a function of Magnetic Latitude and Magnetic Local Time. The databases are very consistent and exhibit the same features. The most stringent features are: a region of very high spectral width, collocated with the ionospheric LLBL/cusp/mantle region; an oval shaped region of high spectral width, whose equator-ward boundary matches the poleward limit of the Holzworth and Meng auroral oval. A simulation has been conducted to evaluate the geometrical and instrumental effects on the spectral width. It shows that these effects cannot account for the observed spectral features. It is then concluded that these specific spectral width characteristics are the signature of ionospheric/magnetospheric coupling phenomena.Key words. Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions; ionospheric irregularities)

scholarly journals Auroral ion outflow: low altitude energization

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1967-1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Lynch ◽  
J. L. Semeter ◽  
M. Zettergren ◽  
P. Kintner ◽  
R. Arnoldy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Temperature ◽  
Scale Height ◽  
Electron Precipitation ◽  
Sounding Rocket ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Ion Outflow ◽  
F Region ◽  
Low Energies ◽  
Moderate Energy ◽  
Low Altitude

Abstract. The SIERRA nightside auroral sounding rocket made observations of the origins of ion upflow, at topside F-region altitudes (below 700 km), comparatively large topside plasma densities (above 20 000/cc), and low energies (10 eV). Upflowing ions with bulk velocities up to 2 km/s are seen in conjunction with the poleward edge of a nightside substorm arc. The upflow is limited within the poleward edge to a region (a) of northward convection, (b) where Alfvénic and Pedersen conductivities are well-matched, leading to good ionospheric transmission of Alfvénic power, and (c) of soft electron precipitation (below 100 eV). Models of the effect of the soft precipitation show strong increases in electron temperature, increasing the scale height and initiating ion upflow. Throughout the entire poleward edge, precipitation of moderate-energy (100s of eV) protons and oxygen is also observed. This ion precipitation is interpreted as reflection from a higher-altitude, time-varying field-aligned potential of upgoing transversely heated ion conics seeded by the low altitude upflow.

Effects of field line mapping on the gradient-drift instability in the coupled E and F region high-latitude ionosphere

Radio Science ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Chaturvedi ◽  
M. J. Keskinen ◽  
S. L. Ossakow ◽  
J. A. Fedder
Keyword(s):  
Field Line ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
F Region ◽  
High Latitude Ionosphere ◽  
Gradient Drift ◽  
Drift Instability
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