Compressional MHD wave transport in the magnetosphere 1. Reflection and transmission across the plasmapause

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Lee, Dong Hun ^a   Hudson, Mary K ^b   Kim, Kihong ^c   Lysak, Robert L ^d   Song, Yan ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

2768 magnetospheric physics: plasmasphere; 2772 magnetospheric physics: plasma waves and instabilities; 7827 space plasma physics: kinetic and MHD theory; 7871 space plasma physics: waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444333448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009239     Document Type: Article

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