Mechanism by which frontal structures in the ionospheric sporadic E layers are formed
- 26 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
- Vol. 53 (2) , 177-187
Abstract
A mechanism by which frontal structures in the ionospheric E region are formed, based on the Ekman-type instability in the neutral component of a weakly ionized ionospheric plasma, when it is important to take into account large-scale wind helicity and neutral component turbulence, is proposed.Keywords
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