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Comparison of solutions to bi-Maxwellian and Maxwellian transport equations for subsonic flowsConditions corresponding to the steady state subsonic flow of a fully ionized electron-proton plasma in the terrestrial ionosphere are presently characterized by systematically comparing the solutions to the bi-Maxwellian-based 16-moment and Maxwellian-based 13-moment transport equations. The former can account for large temperature anisotropies and the flow of both parallel and perpendicular thermal energy, while the latter account for small temperature anisotropies and only a total heat flow. The comparison is conducted for 2000-10,000 K lower boundary temperatures and 1-4-K/km temperature gradients, over the 1500-13,000-km altitude range.
Document ID
19870056472
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Demars, H. G.
(Utah State Univ. Logan, UT, United States)
Schunk, R. W.
(Utah State University Logan, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 92
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
87A43746
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-84-17880
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-77
Distribution Limits
Public
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