Linear Rayleigh-Taylor instability and Spread-F time behaviour in Tucuman, Argentina

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Published: Oct 1, 1997
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1997.36.4.681
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Irregularities, instability, growth rate, neutral wind, gradient scale length, solar activity

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C. Medina
Lab. de Técnicas Satelitales, Instituto de Física, Fac. de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.
V. Ríos
Lab. de Técnicas Satelitales, Instituto de Física, Fac. de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.

Abstract

The role of the zonal neutral wind (U) and the gradient scale length (L) is studied as contributions to the linear Rayleigh Taylor instability growth rate, in order to account for the temporal behaviour of F layer irregularities as detected in Tucuman (26°49'S, 65°13'W) from January 1978 to December 1988.

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Medina, C., & Ríos, V. (1997). Linear Rayleigh-Taylor instability and Spread-F time behaviour in Tucuman, Argentina. Geofisica Internacional, 36(4), 287–291. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1997.36.4.681
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