Frequencies of standing Alfvén wave harmonics and their implication for plasma mass distribution along geomagnetic field lines: Statistical analysis of CRRES data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A8, 2004, Pages

  Takahashi, Kazue ^a   Denton, Richard E ^b   Anderson, Roger R ^c   Hughes, W Jeffrey ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Physics and Astronomy Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

CRRES; Mass density; Toroidal harmonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744385603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010345     Document Type: Article

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