Firehose instability near substorm expansion-phase onset?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Ji, Shuo ^a   Wolf, R A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS;

STORMS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1642602199     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017981     Document Type: Article

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