Ionospheric reflection of small-scale Alfvén waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3573-3576

  Lessard, M R ^a   Knudsen, D J ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FREQUENCIES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

IONOSPHERIC PROFILES;

SHEAR WAVES; SHEAR FLOW;

IONOSPHERE;

COMPLEX MECHANISMS; COUPLING PROCESS; KNOW-THAT; MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING; REFLECTING BOUNDARY; REFLECTION OF WAVES; SHEAR ALFVEN WAVES; SMALL SCALE;

EID: 0035883390     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012529     Document Type: Article

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