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Plasma transport can act as an apparent local source or sink in a planetary ionosphere. Transport processes occur as the result of pressure gradients and gravity (plasma diffusion), the action of an electric field (plasma drift) or as the result of frictional forces (plasma wind).
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Bauer, S.J. (1973). Plasma Transport Processes. In: Physics of Planetary Ionospheres. Physics and Chemistry in Space, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65555-5_6
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