Large-scale oscillations and transport processes generated by multiscale inhomogeneities in the ionospheric field-aligned flows: A 3-D simulation with a dipole magnetic field

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2058-2070

  Gavrishchaka, Valeriy V ^a   Banerjee, Supriya ^a   Guzdar, Parvez N ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross field transport; Multifluid simulations; Polar wind; Shear driven instabilities

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CROSS-FIELD TRANSPORT; FIELD-ALIGNED ION FLOW; LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; MULTIFLUID SIMULATIONS; SHEAR-DRIVEN INSTABILITIES;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 36148951418     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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