Concerning a problem on the Kelvin-Helmholtz stability of the thin magnetopause

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Gratton, Fausto T ^a   Bender, Laurence ^a,c   Farrugia, Charles J ^b   Gnavi, Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c Fundación Bunge y Born   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Low magnetic shear bands at the frontside magnetopause; Magnetopause instability; Tangential discontinuity stability criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649119006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010146     Document Type: Article

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