Am. Hamza et Jp. Stmaurice, A FULLY SELF-CONSISTENT FLUID THEORY OF ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT IN FARLEY-BUNEMAN TURBULENCE, J GEO R-S P, 100(A6), 1995, pp. 9653-9668
Existing renormalized theories of E region Farley-Buneman turbulence a
re reviewed, and their strengths and weaknesses briefly highlighted. A
general framework for a fully self-consistent fluid theory is present
ed nest. The new theory includes nonlinear electron inertia, which has
been neglected in previous fluid theories. The effects of the nonline
ar electron inertia are studied carefully and linked directly to an an
isotropic anomalous collision frequency as well as to an anomalous pol
arization effect. The new theory indicates that Farley-Buneman wave en
ergy is converted into parallel electron energy, owing to the presence
of a wave-induced damping rate given by a nu(kw)(parallel to) term. T
he theory offers a self-consistent link between electron heating along
the magnetic field lines and the anomalous collision frequency due to
Farley-Buneman turbulence. This paper focuses on the self-consistent
derivation of the anomalous effects and their physical interpretation,
followed by a detailed discussion of the energy balance equation.