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Nagy et al. 1976
Nagy, A.F., Chameides, W.L., Chen, R.H. and Atreya, S.K. (1976). Electron temperature in the Jovian ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i031p05567. issn: 0148-0227.

The daytime electron temperature profile of the Jovian ionosphere was calculated, taking into account the effects of thermal conduction and heat inflow from the plasmasphere. The photoelectron fluxes and electron heating rates were determined by using the two-stream approach of Banks and Nagy (1970) and Nagy and Banks (1970). The calculated temperatures were found to follow the neutral temperature up to an altitude slightly above the electron density peak, while at higher altitudes they were significantly enhanced above the assumed neutral temperature value.

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