Gradient drift instability in high latitude plasma patches: Ion inertial effects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3345-3348

  Gondarenko, N A ^a   Guzdar, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; STABILITY;

HIGH LATITUDE PLASMA PATCHES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY;

SPACE RESEARCH; SHEAR FLOW;

PLASMA;

ELONGATED STRUCTURES; GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; INERTIAL EFFECT; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL DYNAMICS; SECONDARY INSTABILITY; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

EID: 0033570609     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003647     Document Type: Article

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