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Title: Planetary waves in rotating ionosphere

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Tbilisi State University (Georgia)
  2. Georgian Technical University (Georgia)

The problem of propagation of ultralong planetary waves in the Earth's upper atmosphere is considered. A new exact solution to the MHD equations for the ionosphere is obtained in spherical coordinates with allowance for the geomagnetic field and Earth's rotation. A general dispersion relation is derived for planetary waves in the ionospheric E and F regions, and the characteristic features of their propagation in a weakly ionized ionospheric plasma are discussed.

OSTI ID:
21399995
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 34, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X08060044; Copyright (c) 2008 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English