Numerical model of transport in problems of instabilities of the Earth’s low-latitude ionosphere using a two-dimensional monotonized Z-scheme

Kashchenko N.M., Ishanov S.A., Zubkov E.V.
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The aim of the work is to study a monotone finite-difference scheme of the second order of accuracy, created on the basis of a generalization of the one-dimensional Z-scheme. The study was carried out for model equations of the transfer of an incompressible medium. The paper describes a two-dimensional generalization of the Z-scheme with nonlinear correction, using instead of streams oblique differences containing values from different time layers. The monotonicity of the obtained nonlinear scheme is verified numerically for the limit functions of two types, both for smooth solutions and for nonsmooth solutions, and numerical estimates of the order of accuracy of the constructed scheme are obtained.

The constructed scheme is absolutely stable, but it loses the property of monotony when the Courant step is exceeded. A distinctive feature of the proposed finite-difference scheme is the minimality of its template. The constructed numerical scheme is intended for models of plasma instabilities of various scales in the low-latitude ionospheric plasma of the Earth. One of the real problems in the solution of which such equations arise is the numerical simulation of highly nonstationary medium-scale processes in the earth’s ionosphere under conditions of the appearance of the Rayleigh – Taylor instability and plasma structures with smaller scales, the generation mechanisms of which are instabilities of other types, which leads to the phenomenon F-scattering. Due to the fact that the transfer processes in the ionospheric plasma are controlled by the magnetic field, it is assumed that the plasma incompressibility condition is fulfilled in the direction transverse to the magnetic field.

Keywords: nonlinear finite-difference scheme, Z-scheme, mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, transport equation, ionosphere, Rayleigh – Taylor instability, incompressible plasma, plasma instability
Citation in English: Kashchenko N.M., Ishanov S.A., Zubkov E.V. Numerical model of transport in problems of instabilities of the Earth’s low-latitude ionosphere using a two-dimensional monotonized Z-scheme // Computer Research and Modeling, 2021, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1011-1023
Citation in English: Kashchenko N.M., Ishanov S.A., Zubkov E.V. Numerical model of transport in problems of instabilities of the Earth’s low-latitude ionosphere using a two-dimensional monotonized Z-scheme // Computer Research and Modeling, 2021, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1011-1023
DOI: 10.20537/2076-7633-2021-13-5-1011-1023
URL: http://crm-en.ics.org.ru/journal/article/3125/
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