On a new process for cusp irregularity production

Two plasma instability mechanisms were thought until 2007 to dominate the formation of plasma irregularities in the F region high latitude and polar ionosphere; the gradient-drift driven instability, and the velocity-shear driven instability. The former mechanism was accepted as accounting for p...

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Main Authors: H. C. Carlson, K. Oksavik, J. Moen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-09-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/2871/2008/angeo-26-2871-2008.pdf