Is there any effect of Coriolis force in the current of E or F region of ionosphere?
The Coriolis Force influences the motion of the atmosphere.
The motions of ions and electrons are influenced by the motions of the atmosphere through the collisions with neutral particle, so indirectly they are related to atmosphere motions which are influenced by Coriolis Force.
Up to about 90 km, charged particles are bound to the neutrals through collisions and so any rotational effect on neutrals will impact the charged particles as well. As the height increases and as we move on to the F layer, both ions and electrons are tied to the magnetic field lines and neutrals cannot move them across the field but a component of neutral motion can move them along the magnetic field. Moreover, for the neutrals at upper thermospheric heights, the Coriolis force diminishes in magnitude when compared to other forces like pressure gradient, ion drag and molecular viscosity. At high latitudes, electromagnetic forces (J x B) directly drive neutral winds at E and F region heights and Coriolis force plays little role there.
Planetary waves, taking into account Coriolis force, can influence on the structure of the E-region (Shalimov et al., JGR, 1999). The cyclonic type planetary waves can cause additional horizontal convergence of ions and also influences on the formation of the sporadic E.
Yes. Coriolis forces are forming rotational waves in ionospheric (E, F) region. See wiki link below, section Atmospheric Tides.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionospheric_dynamo_region
Dear Sirs,
NASA astronauts have demonstrated that the Coriolis force is a fictitious (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82t9Tk9dUHs&feature=emb_logo). The spiner rotates, but its center does not change its position !!!!!!!!!!!
It is interesting. The Coriolis effect for greater periods more than 4hours should be.
The electric currents in the E region each day are due to the dynamo effect of neutral winds (motions of the atmosphere. trough the magnetic field lines)
The motions of the atmosphere are related to the Coriolis force and as a consequence the dynamo electric current of the ionosphere are also related to the Coriolis force.
Dear Sirs,
NASA astronauts have demonstrated to you that the Coriolis force does not exist (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82t9Tk9dUHs&feature=emb_logo ). But you say that when someone spin the spinner for 4 hours, then the force will appear. Obviously, you need to think about experimentally justifying the adequacy of your judgment, or simply stop deceiving yourself and others.
A related question is whether or not the Coriolis force is strong relative to other forces that a charged particle experiences.
Normally, the electromagnetic forces on a charges particle can be summarized as F = qV X B + qE, where F is force, q is charge, V is velocity, B is magnetic field, and E is electric field.
The Coriolis force on a particle of mass m is 2 m Omega X V.
So we can form two dimensionless numbers giving the ratio of the Coriolis force to the Lorentz and electric forces
D1 = (2 Omega m)/(q B) and D2 = (2 Omega V m)/(q E).
If either D1 or D2 are greater than 1 then the Coriolis force should be very important. If both D1 and D2 are very small, then it isn't.
Anyway, that is my thinking, and I'm happy to be corrected. We can plug numbers into these equations for the ionosphere, but right now, I'm going to bed for today. Thoughts on this are welcome.
The Karyolis force does not exist either for a charged particle. It is obvious. You don't have to make up nonsense - NASA astronauts have shown everything.
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