Physics – Space Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002jgra..107.1139s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Volume 107, Issue A7, pp. SIA 16-1, CiteID 1139, DOI 10.1029/2001JA000167
Physics
Space Physics
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Ionosphere: Ionospheric Irregularities
Scientific paper
The nonlinear evolution of collisional Rayleigh-Taylor (CRT) instability in the F region of ionosphere is studied for two ions-electron (O+, NO+, and e-) plasma. The enhancements in NO+ are found inside the O+ depletions. During linear phase of instability, NO+ concentration is mainly controlled by chemical process while during nonlinear phase, it is controlled by CRT induced transport process. In spite the dominant chemical loss during initial phase, significant NO+ ions could survive owing to their shielding by O+ depletions. The seeding of long wave perturbation, the O+ scale height below the base and prereversal enhancement play important role in supplying significant NO+ ions onto the topside which could possibly match the observations.
Kherani Alam E.
Sekar R.
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