On electron and ion temperatures in the perturbed upper atmosphere

Based on Milston Hill incoherent scatter radar data, the behavior of the electron and ion plasma temperatures in the ionosphere F layer and the correlation of these parameters with the plasma drift are briefly discussed. Using this analysis, an attempt is made to evaluate a role of the longituainal currents in the thermal processes taking place in the perturbated upper atmosphere, is made.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 390–396, March, 1996.