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Topside ionosphere ion heating due to electrostatic ion cyclotron turbulence
Author(s) -
Palmadesso P. J.,
Coffey T. P.,
Ossakow S. L.,
Papadopoulos K.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl001i003p00105
Subject(s) - cyclotron , ionosphere , ion , turbulence , physics , atomic physics , electron , plateau (mathematics) , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , computational physics , meteorology , nuclear physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics
We have performed a model calculation of the ion heating rate due to electrostatic ion cyclotron turbulence in the topside ionosphere, with the assumption that the formation of a plateau on the electron velocity distribution is inhibited. Ion temperature profiles are obtained and the implications of the heating effect on anomalous resistivity calculations are discussed.