The spherical tearing mode

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Hu, S ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Dorelli, J ^a   Greene, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2724 Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; 2740 Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; 2752 Magnetospheric Physics: MHD waves and instabilities; 2784 Magnetospheric Physics: Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MAGNETOPAUSE; SPHERICAL TEARING MODE;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

MAGNETOPAUSE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 11044230910     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020977     Document Type: Article

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