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Waite et al. 1988
Waite, J.H., Chandler, M.O., Yelle, R.V., Sandel, B.R. and Cravens, T.E. (1988). Superthermal electron processes in the upper atmosphere of Uranus: Aurora and electroglow. Journal of Geophysical Research 93: doi: 10.1029/88JA00048. issn: 0148-0227.

Strong ultraviolet emissions from the upper atmosphere of Uranus suggests that both auroral and electroglow phenomena are of significant aeronomical consequences in the structure of the upper atmosphere. Combined modeling and data analysis have been carried out to determine the effect of electroglow and auroral phenomena on the global heat and atomic hydrogen budgets in the Uranus upper atmosphere. The results indicate that the auroral and electroglow heat sources are not adequate to explain the high exospheric temperature observed at Uranus, but that the atomic hydrogen supplied by these processes is more than sufficient to explain the observations. The various superthermal electron distributions modeled have significantly different efficiencies for the various processes such as UV emission, heating, ionization, and atomic hydrogen production and produce quite different H2 band spectra. We suggest that solar fluorescence scattering of H2 rather than dynamo-induced photoelectron acceleration is the most likely candidate for the observed electroglow (dayglow) phenomena. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Planetology, Fluid Planets, Ionospheres
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