Field-aligned expansion of plasma clouds in the ionosphere |
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Authors: | R W Schunk T -Z Ma |
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Institution: | Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4405, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The field-aligned expansion of plasma clouds in the ionosphere was studied with different mathematical models and for a wide range of conditions. In all cases, the expanding plasma cloud acted as an electrostatic snowplow, creating an O+ hole in the ionosphere coincident with the cloud and O+ bumps on the two sides of the cloud that are aligned with the geomagnetic field. |
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