Observations of discrete, global magnetospheric oscillations directly driven by solar wind density variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Kepko, L ^a   Spence, H E ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Global oscillations; Solar wind density structures; ULF pulsations

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544367506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009676     Document Type: Article

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