Flow burst-induced Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the terrestrial magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Volwerk, Martin ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Nakamura, R ^a   Takada, T ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Reme H ^d   Zhang, T L ^a   Lucek, E ^e   Carr, C M ^e  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVES; MAGNETOTAIL DYNAMICS; PLASMA SHEET; TERRESTRIAL MAGNETOTAIL;

CHANNEL FLOW; DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; PLASMAS;

EARTH (PLANET);

KELVIN WAVE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA;

EID: 34447537717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029459     Document Type: Article

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