Nonlinear Alfvén waves: 1. Interactions between outgoing and ingoing waves according to an amplitude expansion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Vasquez, Bernard J ^a   Hollweg, Joseph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n waves; Zero frequency modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644273917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010105     Document Type: Article

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