Filamentary Alfvénic structures excited at the edges of equatorial plasma bubbles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2159-2165

  Pottelette, R ^a   Malingre, M ^a   Berthelier, J J ^a   Seran, E ^a   Parrot, M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KINETICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA; SATELLITE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 36049036912     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2159-2007     Document Type: Article

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