A linear analysis of the hybrid Kelvin-Helmholtz/Rayleigh-Taylor instability in an electrostatic magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Yamamoto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 50249139987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012850     Document Type: Article

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