Four-field model for dispersive field-line resonances: Effects of coupling between shear-Alfven and slow modes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3281-3284

  Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Kletzing, C A ^a   Ma, Z W ^a   Ng, C S ^a   Otani, N F ^a,b   Wang, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PLASMAS; RESONANCE; COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

DISPERSIVE FIELD-LINE RESONANCES; SHEAR-ALFVEN MODE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SHEAR FLOW;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; FIELD LINE RESONANCES; FOUR FIELD EQUATIONS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033226317     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003628     Document Type: Article

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