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Energy Sources of the High Latitude Upper Atmosphere

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Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASIC,volume 64))

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A short review is given of electrodynamic and plasma wave heating processes as they occur in the high latitude upper atmosphere.

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  1. Physics Department and Center for Atmospheric & Space Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, 84322, Utah, USA

    P. M. Banks

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  1. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 99701, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

    Charles S. Deehr

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1038, Oslo 3, Norway

    Jan A. Holtet

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Banks, P.M. (1980). Energy Sources of the High Latitude Upper Atmosphere. In: Deehr, C.S., Holtet, J.A. (eds) Exploration of the Polar Upper Atmosphere. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8417-2_8

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