Large Alfvén wave power in the plasma sheet boundary layer during the expansion phase of substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3169-3172

  Keiling, A ^a,e   Wygant, J R ^d   Cattell, C ^c   Temerin, M ^b   Mozer, F S ^a   Kletzing, C A ^e   Scudder, J ^d   Russell, C T ^c   Lotko, W ^b   Streltsov, A V ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETERS; SATELLITES; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA SHEATHS; WAVE POWER;

ALFVEN WAVE; PLASMA SHEET BOUNDARY LAYER; SUBSTORMS;

PLASMA WAVES; BOUNDARY LAYERS;

PLASMA;

ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXPANSION PHASE; GROUND MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME; PLASMA SHEET BOUNDARY LAYER; POLAR SATELLITES; POYNTING FLUX; SUBSTORM EXPANSION;

EID: 0033625930     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL000127     Document Type: Article

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