Steady state flow/field model of solar wind interaction with Venus - Global implications of local effects

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Jul 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jgr....92.7289c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, July 1, 1987, p. 7289-7307.

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Atmospheric Models, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Venus Atmosphere, Magnetic Field Configurations, Planetary Ionospheres, S Waves, Venus, Solar Wind, Interaction, Models, Structure, Ions, Concentration, Velocity, Electric Fields, Magnetic Fields, Ionosphere, Shear, Layers, Atmosphere, Comparisons, Ionopause, Flow, Altitude, Diagrams, Flux, Momentum, Spacecraft Observations, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Calculations, Energy, Magnitude, Pressure, Tempearture, Parameters, Nightside

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Physical and chemical processes in the Venus ionosphere driven by the interaction of the solar wind with the atmosphere of Venus are described, and a model describing the interrelationships of these processes in a self-consistent manner is formulated. It is shown that the magnetic field configuration of the ionosphere is a steady state global structure which results from a combination of a large-scale 'open' current system connecting through the ionopause to the postshock solar wind and two small-scale 'closed' current systems entirely confined within the ionosphere and generated by ionospheric flows and shears. A previously detected ionospheric layer in O2(+) near 170 km altitude is shown to be a new type of ionospheric layer resulting from transition of solar-wind-driven vertical flow to velocities approaching Mach 1.

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