Observations of linear and nonlinear processes in the foreshock wave evolution

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-371

  Narita, Y ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^a,b   Franz M ^b   Nariyuki, Y ^c   Hada, T ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESHOCK; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONLINEAR WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SHOCK WAVE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 34547257826     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-14-361-2007     Document Type: Article

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