2D MHD simulation of the emergence and merging of coherent structures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 863-866

  Wu, C C ^a   Chang, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHEATHS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; SHEAR FLOW;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; EARTH MAGNETOTAIL; FLUCTUATION SPECTRA; POWER LAW CHARACTERISTICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MERGING;

COHERENT STRUCTURE; CURRENT SHEETS; EARTH'S MAGNETOTAIL; FLUCTUATION SPECTRA; MAGNETIC SHEAR; MHD SIMULATION; POWER-LAW CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034353340     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003704     Document Type: Article

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