On the Relationship between Energy Input to the Earth’s Polar Ionosphere and the Ion Outflow Flux under Different Solar Zenith Angles

Naritoshi Kitamura, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Kanako Seki, The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan, Kunihiro Keika, University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, Toshi Nishimura, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Tomoaki Hori, ISEE, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Masafumi Hirahara, Nagoya University, ISEE, Nagoya, Japan, Eric J Lund, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, Lynn M Kistler, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States and Robert J Strangeway, UCLA IGPP/ESS, Los Angeles, CA, United States