The Response of Electron Temperature to Field-Aligned Current Carried by Thermal Electrons: A Model
【摘要】:正 A one-dimensional, high latitude ionospheric model is constructed for solving the continuity,momentum and energy equations numerically. With the assumption that field-aligned currents (FACs) becarried by thermal electrons in the polar ionosphere, the response of the ionospheric temperature to upwardand downward FACs is studied. The results show that, at altitudes higher than the F-region maximum, the