On the identification of plasma sheet flapping waves observed by cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Golovchanskaya, I V ^a   Maltsev, Y P ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GRAVITY WAVES; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; OSCILLATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; MAGNETOSPHERIC TAILS; PLASMA SHEET FLAPPING WAVES; WAVE NUMBERS;

PLASMA WAVES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 16344392212     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021552     Document Type: Article

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