Excitation of Alfvén impulse by the anomalous resistance onset on the auroral field lines

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1455-1465

  Pilipenko, V ^a   Mazur, N ^a   Fedorov, E ^a   Uozumi, T ^b   Yumoto, K ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (MHD waves and instabilities; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; auroral phenomena)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 23744495826     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1455-2005     Document Type: Article

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