Propagation of kinetic Alfvén waves in the ionospheric Alfvén resonator in the presence of density cavities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Lysak, R L ^a   Song, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; RESONATORS;

AURORAE; AURORAL IONOSPHERES; AURORAL PARTICLES; DENSITY CAVITIES; DENSITY GRADIENTS; IN HOMOGENEITIES; IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTANCES; N WAVES; NATURAL CONSEQUENCES; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE AND GROUP VELOCITIES; PHASE MIXING; PITCH ANGLES; SPATIAL SCALES; SPEED PROFILES;

PLASMAS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 58249091594     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035728     Document Type: Article

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