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Formation of a Ring-Shaped Region of Increased Electron Temperature in the Subauroral Ionosphere in Winter

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The results of numerical simulations of the electron temperature (Te) are compared with measurement data provided by the CHAMP satellite to show the possibility of the formation of a ring-shaped region of temperature increase in the subauroral ionosphere surrounding the auroral oval in the range of 04–07 h (UT) when the high-latitude ionosphere is on the night (shaded) side.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 15-45-05090-r_vostok_a and 15-45-05066-r_vostok_a.

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  1. Yu.G. Shafer Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia

    I. A. Golikov

  2. M. K. Ammosov Northeastern Federal University (NEFU), Yakutsk, Russia

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Golikov, I.A., Gololobov, A.Y., Popov, V.I. et al. Formation of a Ring-Shaped Region of Increased Electron Temperature in the Subauroral Ionosphere in Winter. Geomagn. Aeron. 59, 199–204 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793219020087

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