Modeling the formation of polar cap patches using large plasma flows

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 573-593

  Valladares, C E ^a   Decker, D T ^a   Sheehan, R ^a   Anderson, D N ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA HEATING; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DISCRETE DENSITY PATCHES; GLOBAL CONVECTION; HEELIS TYPE PATTERN; HEPPNER PATTERN; JOULE FRICTIONAL HEATING; LARGE PLASMA FLOWS; MAYNARD PATTERN; POLAR CAP PATCHES; STATIONARY VORTICES; TIME DEPENDENT MODEL;

PLASMA JETS;

EID: 0030146365     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS00481     Document Type: Article

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