Parallel electric fields in dispersive shear Alfven waves in the dipolar magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3601-3604

  Rankin, R ^b   Samson, J C ^b   Tikhonchuk, V T ^a,b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRAPS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SHEAR WAVES; ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

DIPOLAR MAGNETOSPHERE; DISPERSIVE SHEAR ALFVEN SHEAR WAVES; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SHEAR FLOW;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

DIPOLE MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; ELECTRON RESPONSE; LARGE PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 0033573415     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010715     Document Type: Article

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