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Accession Number:
AD0805432
Title:
THERMAL CONDUCTION AND ION TEMPERATURES IN THE IONOSPHERE
Corporate Author:
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UNIVERSITY PARK IONOSPHERE RESEARCH LAB
Report Date:
1966-01-01
Abstract:
An analysis is made of the ion energy balance equation for the ionosphere including the effects of O, He, and H ions, thermal conduction, and the cooling by atomic hydrogen and helium. It is shown that thermal conduction strongly affects the ion temperature profile for conditions of moderate and low electron densities and that the high altitude ion temperature can be significantly less than the electron temperature. In addition, H in concentrations as low as 10 of the total ion density is found to be a major recipient of heat from the ionospheric electron gas and has an important influence upon the total ion energy budget.
Supplementary Note:
Also available as Institu d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique Aeronomica Acta nA-49 1966.
Pages:
0022
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Document partially illegible.
Contract Number:
NONR(G)00009-66
File Size:
1.03MB
