Statistical phase propagation and dispersion analysis of low frequency waves in the magnetosheath

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3339-3349

  Schäfer, Seb ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^a   Narita, Y ^a   Fornacon K H ^a   Dandouras, I ^b   Franz M ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetosheath; plasma waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (shock waves)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 30844460319     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3339-2005     Document Type: Article

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