Magnetospheric toroidal Alfvén wave harmonics and the field line distribution of mass density

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A6, 2004, Pages

  Denton, Richard E ^a   Takahashi, Kazue ^b,f   Anderson, Roger R ^c   Wuest, Martin P ^d,e  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INFICON Limited   (Liechtenstein)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field line distribution of mass density; Field line resonance mode; Toroidal Alfven wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746359411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010201     Document Type: Article

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