Nonlinear theory of type I irregularities in the equatorial electrojet

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Oct 1983

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 10, Oct. 1983, p. 983-986. NASA-NSF-Navy-supported research.

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Electric Fields, Equatorial Electrojet, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Propagation, Wave Dispersion, Doppler Effect, Ion Acoustic Waves, Nonlinear Equations, Wave Equations

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By allowing for the effect of wave electric fields on electron orbits, a nonlinear dispersion relation for type I irregularities is obtained. This relation predicts (1) isotropy of the Doppler shift with elevation, (2) a limiting phase velocity equal to the ion acoustic speed, and (3) a saturation amplitude which is maximum for horizontally propagating waves and decreases with elevation. With the theory presented here, the in situ electric field measurements of Pfaff et al. (1980) in the electrojet environment could provide a quantitative check for the theory of orbit diffusion by stochastic electric fields.

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