A case study of oppositely propagating Alfvénic fluctuations in the solar wind and magnetosheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3133-3136

  Sibeck, D G ^a   Takahashi, K ^b   Kokubun, S ^b   Mukai, T ^c   Ogilvie, K W ^d   Szabo, A ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR WIND; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALFVENIC FLUCTUATIONS; SOLAR WIND;

SPACE RESEARCH; FLOW VISUALIZATION;

ALFVENIC FLUCTUATION; MAGNETOSHEATH; SOLAR WIND;

BOW SHOCKS; GEOTAIL; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MHD MODELS; PARKER SPIRAL; WAVE PROPAGATION DIRECTION; WIND SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0031392340     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03263     Document Type: Article

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