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Sekar & Kherani 2002
Sekar, R. and Kherani, E.A. (2002). Effects of molecular ions on the collisional Rayleigh-Taylor instability: Nonlinear evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research 107: doi: 10.1029/2001JA000167. issn: 0148-0227.

The nonlinear evolution of collisional Rayleigh-Taylor (CRT) instability in the F region of ionosphere is studied for two ions-electron (O+, NO+, and e-) plasma. The enhancements in NO+ are found inside the O+ depletions. During linear phase of instability, NO+ concentration is mainly controlled by chemical process while during nonlinear phase, it is controlled by CRT induced transport process. In spite the dominant chemical loss during initial phase, significant NO+ ions could survive owing to their shielding by O+ depletions. The seeding of long wave perturbation, the O+ scale height below the base and prereversal enhancement play important role in supplying significant NO+ ions onto the topside which could possibly match the observations.

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Keywords
Ionosphere, Ionospheric irregularities
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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