Alfvén vortices and related phenomena in the ionosphere and the magnetosphere

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Authors

V. M. Chmyrev · Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation

S. V. Bilichenko · Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation

O. A. Pokhotelov · Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

V A Marchenko · Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth

В. И. Лазарев · Lomonosov Moscow State University

A. V. Streltsov · N.N. Krasovskii Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Satellite (IC-B-1300) data on the electromagnetic structures in the high-latitude ionosphere are presented. One can observe three kinds of vortices, namely vortex chains as well as solitary dipolar and monopolar vortex structures. The theoretical treatment that is carried out in the present paper is in reasonable agreement with the observations.

Topics & Keywords

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Physica Scripta

Volume 38, Issue 6, pp. 841-854

DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/38/6/016

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