Numerical study on ULF waves in a dipole field excited by sudden impulse

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1665-1676

  Yang, Biao ^a   Fu, SuiYan ^a   Zong, QiuGang ^a,b   Wang, YongFu ^a   Zhou, XuZhi ^a   Pu, ZuYin ^a   Xie, Lun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Field line resonances; Global cavity mode; Sudden impulse; Toroidal mode; ULF waves

Indexed keywords

LOUDSPEAKERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CAVITY MODE; DIPOLE FIELDS; ENERGY COUPLINGS; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; FIELD LINE RESONANCES; GLOBAL CAVITY MODE; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; SPACE PHYSICS; SUDDEN IMPULSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; TOROIDAL MODE; ULF WAVES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 51849131103     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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