Numerical Simulation of the Time Evolution of Small-Scale Irregularities in the F-Layer Ionospheric Plasma
Figure 3
The calculated spatial distributions of the relative decrease of the electron concentration, in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field. The normalized distances, and , that is, the distances in units of the Debye length, , from the central point of the simulation region are shown on the horizontal () and vertical () axes. The results, obtained for the second situation when the temporal evolution of the initially created irregularity was studied, are given for the following moments: (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , and (f) .