Generation of convective cells by kinetic Alfvén waves in the upper ionosphere

Details Generation of convective cells by kinetic Alfvén waves in the upper ionosphere Generation of convective cells by kinetic Alfvén waves in the upper ionosphere

Mar 2004

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Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 109, Issue A3, CiteID A03306

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Space Plasma Physics: Nonlinear Phenomena, Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Wave Interactions, Space Plasma Physics: Turbulence, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Waves And Instabilities, Space Plasma Physics: Electrostatic Structures

Scientific paper

We consider the nonlinear interaction of finite amplitude kinetic Alfvén waves (KAW) with parametrically excited convective motions in the Earth's upper ionosphere, accounting for nonzero ion-Larmor radius effects. The generation of the convective cells is due to the Reynolds stresses of the Alfvén waves. These stresses are nonzero only when the perpendicular wavelengths of the kinetic Alfvén waves are of the order of the ion-Larmor radius. It is found that the wave vector of the fastest growing convective mode is perpendicular to that of the pump KAW. The instability growth rate is compared with those of other channels for the parametric decay of KAWs. Applications to satellite observations of KAWs in the auroral ionosphere are proposed, suggesting that convective cells produced by the parametric instability of KAWs can contribute to the turbulence in the plasma of the upper ionosphere.

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