Conditions for the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in the Polar Ionosphere

Andreas Kvammen, Andres Spicher, Matthew Zettergren, Devin Huyghebaert, Theresa Rexer, Björn Gustavsson, Juha Vierinen

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2025GL114621
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 16 2025
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Geophysics
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Keywords

  • ionospheric flow shear
  • ionospheric turbulence
  • irregularity formation
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
  • non-linear instability evolution
  • plasma fluid simulation

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