Joule heating in the high‐latitude mesosphere
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- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 84 (A11) , 6709-6712
- https://doi.org/10.1029/ja084ia11p06709
Abstract
The contribution made by Joule dissipation to heating of the daytime high‐latitude upper mesosphere is discussed. During solar proton precipitation events in regions of large electric fields, Joule dissipation can be substantially larger than the local solar heating rate. Altitude profiles of Joule dissipation are presented for the polar cleft region for the August 4, 1972, solar proton event.Keywords
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