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Venus' nighttime horizontal plasma flow, 'magnetic congestion', and ionospheric hole productionA simple rectilinear, two-dimensional MHD model is used to investigate the effects of field-aligned plasma loss and cooling on a dense plasma convecting across a weak magnetic field, in order to illumine the Venus nighttime phenomena of horizontal plasma flow, magnetic congestion and ionospheric hole production. By parameterizing field-aligned variations and explicitly solving for cross magnetic field variations, it is shown that the abrupt horizontal enhancements of the vertical magnetic field, as well as sudden decreases of the plasma density to very low values (which are characteristic of ionospheric holes), can be produced in the presence of field-aligned losses.
Document ID
19830047086
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Grebowsky, J. M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mayr, H. G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Curtis, S. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Taylor, H. A., Jr.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 88
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
83A28304
Distribution Limits
Public
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