New insights from a nonlocal generalization of the Farley-Buneman instability problem at high latitudes

When their growth rate becomes too small, the E-region Farley-Buneman and gradient-drift instabilities switch from absolute to convective. The neutral density gradient is what gives the instabilities their convective character. At high latitudes, the orientation of the neutral density gradie...

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Main Authors: J. Drexler, J.-P. St.-Maurice, D. Chen, D. R. Moorcroft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-12-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/20/2003/2002/angeo-20-2003-2002.pdf