Field aligned irregularities

Field aligned irregularities

Field Aligned Irregularities (FAI) are anisotropic perturbations of plasma density associated with magnetic fields. FAI are usually thought of in the context of the Earth's ionosphere, where several natural processes generate FAI in the E region and F region.


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