A numerical model of electron energization in the high‐latitude electrojet due to Farley‐Buneman instability is presented. The model is based on a set of coupled equations describing the energy balance of electrons and ions combined with a heuristic model of the turbulent electric field, obtained in the companion paper. The electron‐neutral collision frequency and cooling rate used in the equations, which are affected by non‐Maxwellian deviations of the electron energy distribution, are calculated by a special kinetic code. A good agreement of the model results with the existing observations supports the physical ideas underlying the model.
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Milikh et al. (2003) studied this question.