Energy Flow in the Polar F-region Ionosphere-Thermosphere System through an Indirect Momentum-Energy Coupling Mechanism

Vicki Hsu, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, NCEI, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, Jeffrey P Thayer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, Wenbin Wang, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Alan Geoffrey Burns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States