Nonlinear Alfvén waves: 2. The influence of wave advection and finite wavelength effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Vasquez, Bernard J ^a   Markovskii, Sergei A ^a   Hollweg, Joseph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n waves; Ion cyclotron heating; Resonant absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749120980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010106     Document Type: Article

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