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Formation of dipole vortex in the ionosphere
Author(s) -
Shukla P. K.,
Yu M. Y.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl012i004p00163
Subject(s) - ionosphere , vortex , dipole , geophysics , physics , rayleigh–taylor instability , tourbillon , computational physics , meteorology , mechanics , instability , quantum mechanics
It is shown that isolated dipole vortices can exist in the F‐region of the ionosphere. These are associated with the Rayleigh‐Taylor and gradient drift instabilities. The vortices may be responsible for the rapid structuring of barium clouds as well as other phenomena observed in the upper ionosphere.