Growin: Modeling ionospheric instability growth rates

Seasonal and zonal climatologies of Rayleigh–Taylor growth rates under geomagnetically quiet conditions during solar minimum moderate as a function local time altitude are calculated using open source data software. It is the action instability that plumes depleted plasma, or plasma bubbles, understood to develop in bottomside equatorial ionosphere. The growin python module utilizes other Heliophysics modules collate process vertical drift drive SAMI2 Another Model Ionosphere (SAMI2) model subsequently calculate flux tube integrated rate. repeated for two different types inputs: Fejer–Scherliess measured drifts from Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS). These compared bubble occurrence frequencies obtained dataset bubbles detected by C/NOFS satellite. There an agreement between periods strong positive high both low activity when drifts. only with conditions. Bubble often above 25%, even F region negative. climatological nature discussed here begs further study into day-to-day variability rate its drivers.