Open AccessHalf of Atmospheric Joule Heating Is Due to Small Oscillations
Author(s) -
A. K. Higginson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo047017
Subject(s) - joule heating , joule (programming language) , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , mechanics , materials science , physics , aerospace engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , power (physics)
Scientists use sounding rockets to show that small oscillations in electric fields can be just as important for atmospheric Joule heating as the presence of the electric field itself.