MHD simulations of oppositely propagating Alfvén waves in the magnetosheath and solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1821-1824

  Cable, S ^a   Lin, Y ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE SHIFT; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; VECTORS; MAGNETISM; PHASE SHIFTERS;

ALFVEN WAVES (AW); INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC WAVES (IMF); MAGNETOSHEATHS;

PLASMA WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD PERTURBATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MHD SIMULATION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION;

EID: 0032100063     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01397     Document Type: Article

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