Motion of the dusk flank boundary layer caused by solar wind pressure changes and the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability: 10-11 January 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Fairfield, D H ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b   Mukai, T ^c   Nagai, T ^d   Fedorov, A ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Dusk flank boundary; KH instability; Magnetopause motion; Magnetopause waves; Pressure discontinuity effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244400542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010134     Document Type: Article

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