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Scaling laws for the spectrum of interchange instabilities in the high latitude ionosphere. Interim report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5594120
Constraints on and scaling laws associated with the power spectrum of interchange instabilities in the inertial regime in the high-latitude ionosphere are derived using conservation laws implied by the fundamental nonlinear plasma fluid equations. Applications to large-scale convecting high-latitude ionospheric-plasma density structures, patches, and enhancements are made.
Research Organization:
Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5594120
Report Number(s):
AD-A-209993/5/XAB; NRL-MR--6481
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

640201* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CONSERVATION LAWS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EQUATIONS
FLUIDS
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
INSTABILITY
IONOSPHERE
LATITUDE EFFECT
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PROGRESS REPORT
SCALING LAWS
VARIATIONS