Magnetic reconnection induced by weak Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and the formation of the low-latitude boundary layer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Nakamura, T K M ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a   Otto, A ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; VORTEX FLOW;

ALFVEN MACH NUMBER; INERTIAL EFFECTS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY (KHI); LOW-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER (LLBL);

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 33845710701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026318     Document Type: Article

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