Kinetic Alfvén waves and plasma transport at the magnetopause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1423-1426

  Johnson, Jay R ^a   Cheng, C Z ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOCATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOPLASMA; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAVE EQUATIONS; MECHANICAL WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; ELECTRIC-FIELD COUPLING; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; FIELD LINE RESONANCES; LARMOR RADIUS EFFECTS; QUASILINEAR THEORY; RESONANCE INTERACTION; STOCHASTIC TRANSPORT;

SHEAR FLOW; MAGNETOSPHERE;

KINETIC ALFVEN WAVES; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSHEATH; ULTRALOW FREQUENCY WAVES;

EID: 0031170473     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01333     Document Type: Article

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