Plasma transport in the topside venus ionosphere
dc.contributor.author | Schunk, Robert W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | St. -Maurice, J. -P. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T17:08:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T17:08:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1977-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Schunk, R. W., St.-Maurice, J. -P. (1977/10)."Plasma transport in the topside venus ionosphere." Planetary and Space Science 25(10): 921-930. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/22837> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V6T-46YJY43-1BF/2/9844e455cde9c983bade04aa0e8b1e85 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/22837 | |
dc.description.abstract | We have studied the extent to which certain transport processes affect ion composition and heat flow in the daytime, topside Venus ionosphere. Particular attention is given to the conditions that prevailed during the Mariner 5 measurements, at which time the topside Venus ionosphere appeared to be in a state of diffusive equilibrium. We have found that the ion composition is sensitive to the ion temperature, the ion temperature gradient, and to relative drifts between the ion species of a few m/sec. The electron density, on the other hand, is very insensitive to these parameters. As a consequence, ionospheric models of the topside Venus ionosphere are not likely to yield definitive information about the ion composition, the thermal structure or the flow conditions, since at present only electron density profiles are available for testing model predictions. We have also found that a relative drift between the ion species of a few m/sec induces an ion heat flow that is equivalent to a 1 K/km temperature gradient. This induced heat flow could influence the energy balance in the topside Venus ionosphere. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Plasma transport in the topside venus ionosphere | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Center for Research in Aeronomy, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, U.S.A.;Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Center for Research in Aeronomy, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, U.S.A.;Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/22837/1/0000397.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(77)90004-6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Planetary and Space Science | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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