Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the magnetospheric flanks: An absolute and convective instability approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27685-27699

  Mills, Katharine J ^a   Longbottom, Aaron W ^a   Wright, Andrew N ^a   Ruderman, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39449124256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000289     Document Type: Article

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