Ion temperature anisotropy and heat flow in the Venus lower ionosphere

Details Ion temperature anisotropy and heat flow in the Venus lower ionosphere Ion temperature anisotropy and heat flow in the Venus lower ionosphere

Jun 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.4823s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, June 1, 1981, p. 4823-4827.

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Anisotropy, Heat Transmission, Ion Temperature, Ionospheric Drift, Lower Ionosphere, Planetary Ionospheres, Thermal Diffusion, Venus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Density, Atmospheric Temperature, Drift Rate, Mach Number, Neutral Gases, Stress Tensors, Terminator Lines, Venus, Ionosphere, Heat Flow, Ions, Temperatures, Anisotropy, Stress, Flow, Altitudes, Drift Rate, Conduction, Diffusion, Energy, Analysis, Transport, Comparisons, Terminators

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Motivated by the recent observations of supersonic ion flow in the Venus ionosphere near the terminator, the paper studies the extent to which such a flow can induce an ion temperature anisotropy and a diffusion-thermal heat flow. Calculations indicate that appreciable ion temperature anisotropies can be induced at altitudes below about 220 km. The temperature anisotropy is with respect to the ion-neutral relative drift velocity vector, with the ion temperature parallel to the relative drift velocity greater than the perpendicular ion temperature. The parallel to perpendicular ion temperature ratio is likely to be in the range of from 2 to 4, depending on the ionospheric conditions. It is also found that in the same ionospheric region the ion neutral relative drift induces a diffusion-thermal heat flow that is considerably more important than ordinary ion thermal conduction.

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