Stability of aligned magnetoatmospheric flow
Abstract
Using the stationary equilibrium energy principle a sufficient condition is obtained for the stability of a compressible stratified fluid with a non-uniform horizontal magnetic field, with an aligned shear flow. The condition is used to provide a simple generalization of a known result for a specific atmospheric model.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377800023667
- Bibcode:
- 1978JPlPh..19...77A
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Models;
- Earth Magnetosphere;
- Magnetic Effects;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Stability;
- Nonuniform Magnetic Fields;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Equilibrium Equations;
- Self Alignment;
- Shear Flow;
- Steady Flow;
- Plasma Physics