A preliminary investigation of the pseudo-spectral method numerical solution of the Perkins instability equations in the homogeneous TEC case

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-335

  Zhou, Qina ^a   Mathews, John D ^a   Du, Qiang ^b   Miller, Clark A ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

E B instability; Ionosphere; Numerical simulation; Perkins instability; Pseudo spectral method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVE EFFECTS;

ELECTRODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; IONOSPHERIC INSTABILITY; TURBULENT SATURATION;

ELECTRODYNAMICS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 13444260762     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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