Convective Stabilization of Ionospheric Plasma Clouds

J. Geophys. Res. 91, 10108 (1986)https://ireap.umd.edu/10.1029/JA091iA09p101081986Journal ArticlePlasma, Accelerator, and Nuclear Physics

We derive a stability criterion for the large-scale structuring of ionospheric plasma clouds due to the E × B gradient drift instability.