Published August 27, 2016 | Version v1

SPIRAL FLOW STRUCTURES IN THE AEROSOL ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA

  • 1. Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation named after Nikolay Pushkov of the RAS
  • 2. Space Research Institute of the RAS, Moscow, Russia

Description

Strong electric fields are frequently observed in atmospheric clouds. The occurrence of vortex structures in a heterogeneous gyrotropic medium is stochastically determined. The gyrotropy of the ionosphere and the atmosphere is associated with Coriolis force, and with the movement of charged particles in the geomagnetic field. The vortices of plasma nature are generated in the atmosphere. Nonmonotonic stratification of unstable plasma irregularities contributes to the formation of cellular structures. A manifestation of the electric field of plasma vortices is possible for the pressure gradient fields of mosaic mesh topology with the particles ionization. It is shown that the forces of the electromagnetic interaction between elements of flow structure contribute to the intensification of the vortex structure in the aerosol plasma of the atmospheric clouds. The interaction of spiral plasma current vortices is determined by their size and the geometric parameters of their spatial distribution.

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