Geophysical Plasmas and Atmospheric Modeling.

Abstract

We will describe the major accomplishments in each of the following research efforts: (A) 3D magnetospheric modeling, (B) Tearing instability in an anisotropic neutral sheet, (C) Auroral plasma transport, (D) Magnetic shear effects on the current driven ion cyclotron instability, (E) Instability mechanisms causing high latitude ionospheric irregularities, (F) Auroral instability studies, (G) Nonlinear saturation of low hybrid drift instability and anomalous plasma transport, (H) Laser/HANE theory support, (I) Early time HANE phenomena, (J) Uranium vapor release, (K) Late time HANE striation, (L) Quasi steady state multi plasma cloud configurations in the ionosphere, (M) Chaotic behavior ionospheric processes, (N) Linear dynamics of tropical heat sources and interactions with mid latitudes, (O) The large scale dynamics of the Indian Summer monsoon, (P) Collective particle acceleration (CPA), and (Q) Plasma behavior in crossed electric and magnetic fields.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142573

Entities

People

  • E. Hyman
  • G. Ganguli
  • J. Drake
  • Jiayu Chen
  • P. Chaturvedi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Charged Particles
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Convection
  • Differential Equations
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Grids
  • Latent Heat
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plasmas (Physics)
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy