Nonlinear evolution of interplanetary AlfVénic fluctuations with convected structures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 591-594

  Roberts, D Aaron ^a   Ghosh, Sanjoy ^a,b   Goldstein, Melvyn ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; NONLINEAR EVOLUTIONS; PROPAGATING WAVES; SELF-SIMILAR SPECTRA; SOLAR MINIMA;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0004470781     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00382     Document Type: Article

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