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Horizontal plasma flow velocities in the ionosphere of Mars - A test case for the solar wind interactionOn the apparently nonmagnetic planets Mars and Venus, ionospheric plasma can be driven from the day to the nightside by two different mechanisms: (1) the pressure gradient force across the terminator, and (2) a solar wind-induced force via a viscous boundary layer interaction. Calculations of the horizontal flow velocities in the ionosphere of Mars using the two mechanisms produce results differing by an order of magnitude. It is pointed out that the detailed observations of the horizontal flow velocity in the ionosphere of Mars may provide a test case for the resolution of some problems relating to the interaction of the solar wind with the planets Mars and Venus.
Document ID
19890061237
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Singhal, R. P.
(Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, United States)
Whitten, R. C.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics
Volume: 17
ISSN: 0367-8393
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
89A48608
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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