Articles | Volume 33, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-875-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-875-2015
Review paper
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23 Jul 2015
Review paper |  | 23 Jul 2015

Spectral properties of electrostatic drift wave turbulence in the laboratory and the ionosphere

H. L. Pécseli

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The present review describes a number of laboratory studies of low-frequency electrostatic drift wave turbulence together with related results obtained by instrumented spacecraft in the Earth's near and distant ionospheres. The summary emphasizes readily measurable quantities, such as the turbulent power spectra for the fluctuations in plasma density, potential and electric fields. A number of future studies are suggested in order to resolve some outstanding issues.