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A model of ionospheric image structure underneath a braking, cross-field plasma jetA plasma jetting across the geomagnetic field above the ionosphere tends to brake by ohmic dissipation of Pedersen currents. The braking can affect the ionosphere underneath if the associated Pedersen drifts are intense and prolonged enough to cause cumulative image structuring. Here, such image structuring is studied for the parameter regime of forthcoming releases from the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite, involving photoionization of kilograms of barium vapor moving at orbital velocity. The resultant structuring in the upper E-region offers possible diagnostic telltales of the braking process.
Document ID
19870059788
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jacobson, Abram R.
(Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Simons, David J.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Nalesso, Gianfranco
(Padova, Universita Padua, Italy)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
Volume: 49
Issue: 6, Ju
ISSN: 0021-9169
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
87A47062
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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