On the physical explanation of the Perkins instability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Zhou, Qina ^a   Mathews, John D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947646328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011696     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Behnke, R. A. (1979), F layer height bands in the nocturnal ionosphere over Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 974-978.
2. Burrnside, R. G., F. A. Herrero, J. W. Meriwether Jr., and J. C. G. Walker (1981), Optical observations of thermospheric dynamics at Arecibo, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 5532-5540.
3. Fejer, B. G. (1993), F region plasma drifts over Arecibo: Solar cycle, seasonal, and magnetic activity effects, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 13645-13652.
4. Fukao, S., M. C. Kelley, T. Shirakawa, T. Takami, M. Yamamoto, T. Tsuda, and S. Kato (1991), Turbulent upwelling of the midlatitude ionosphere: 1. Observational results by the MU radar, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3725-3746.
5. Garcia, F. J., M. C. Kelley, J. J. Makela, and C.-S. Huang (2000), Airglow observations of mesoscale low-velocity traveling ionospheric disturbances at midlatitude, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 18415-19407.
6. Hamza, A. M. (1999), Perkins instability revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 22567-22575.
7. Huang, C.-S., C. A. Miller, and M. C. Kelley (1994), Basic properties and gravity wave initiation of the midlatitude F region instability, Radio Sci., 29, 395-405.
8. Kelley, M. C. (1989), The Earth's Ionosphere: Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics, Elsevier, New York.
9. Mathews, J. D., S. Gonzalez, M. P. Sulzer, Q.-H. Zhou, J. Urbina, E. Kudeki, and S. Franke (2001), Kilometer-scale layered structures inside spread-F, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4167-4170.
10. Mendillo, M., J. Baumgardner, D. Nottingham, J. Aarons, B. Reinisch, J. Scali, and M. Kelley (1997), Investigations of thermospheric-ionospheric dynamics with 6300-A images from Arecibo Observatory, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 7331-7344.
11. Miller, C. A. (1996), On gravity waves and the electrodynamics of the midlatitude ionosphere, Ph. D. thesis, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
12. Miller, C. A. (1997), Electrodynamics of midlatitude spread F: 2. A new theory of gravity wave electric fields, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 11533-11538.
13. Miller, C. A., and M. C. Kelley (1997), Horizontal plasma flow at midlatitudes: More mechanisms and the interpretation of observations, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 11549-11555.
14. Miller, C. A., W. E. Swartz, M. C. Kelley, M. Mendillo, D. Nottingham, J. Scali, and B. Reinisch (1997), Electrodynamics of midlatitude spread F: 1. Observations of unstable, gravity-wave induced ionospheric electric fields at tropical latitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 11521-11532.
15. Perkins, F. W. (1973), Spread F and ionospheric currents, J. Geophys. Res., 78, 218-226.
16. Rishbeth, H., and O. K. Garriott (1969), Introduction to Ionospheric Physics, Elsevier, New York.
17. Zhou, Q.-N. (2004), A numerical investigation of the Perkins instability equations by the pseudo-spectral method, Ph.D. thesis, Penn. State Univ., University Park, Pa.
18. Zhou, Q.-N., J. D. Mathews, Q. Du, and C. A. Miller (2005), A preliminary investigation of the pseudo-spectral method numerical solution of the Perkins instability equations in the homogeneous case, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 67, 325-335.
19. Zhou, Q.-N., J. D. Mathews, C. A. Miller, and I. Seker (2006), The evolution of nighttime midlatitude mesoscale F-region structures: A case study utilizing numerical solution of the Perkins instability equations, Planet. Space Sci., 54, 710-718.