简介:Generationofzonalflowsbysmall-scaledrift-Alfvenmodesisinvestigatedbyadoptingtheapproachofparametricinstabilitywiththeelectronpolarizationdriftincluded.Thezonalmodecanbeexcitedbyprimarymodespropagatingatbothelectronandiondiamagneticdriftdirectionsincontrasttotheassertioninpreviousstudiesthatonlyprimarymodespropagatingintheiondiamagneticdriftdirectionscandrivezonalinstabilities.Generally,thegrowthrateofthedrivenzonalmodeisinthesameorderasthatinpreviousstudy.However,differentfromthepreviouswork,thegrowthrateisnolongerproportionaltothedifferencebetweenthediamagneticdriftfrequenciesofelectronsandions.
简介:TimeevolutionofionosphericD-regionplasmasincludingtheperturbationsofelectronsandchargedaerosolparticlesisinvestigatedundertheconditionsofpolarmesospheresummerechoes(PMSE).ItisshownthatthetimescaleofdecayoftheelectrondensityisintheorderofanhourundertypicalPMSEconditions,inthemajorityofcases,theelectrondensityisanticorrelatedtotheiondensity,exceptthattheradiusofaerosolparticlesisgreaterthan50nm.Also,theevolutionsundervariedparameters,suchastheamplitudeandwidthofperturbation,theaerosolparticleradius,andthealtitudeofthePMSEoccurrenceareinvestigated.Theobtainedresultsareusefulforinterpretingtheexperimentalobservations.