Annual and sub-annual effects of EUV heating—II. Comparison with density variations |
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Authors: | BK ChingYT Chiu |
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Institution: | Space Physics Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif., U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | By a detailed comparison of annual and sub-annual components of EUV absorption heat input with those of the Jacchia density models, we consider the importance of EUV heating in the annual and sub-annual variations of the upper atmosphere. When all the geometrical effects of EUV heat input have been taken into account, it is found that a remarkable correspondence exists between properties of each harmonic component of EUV heat input and Jacchia model temperature and densities. Equinoctial latitude independence of diurnal averaged annual and sub-annual components of heat input and density is proposed as a test of the significance of the EUV heat input. The Jacchia model is found to satisfy this test rigourously. |
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