Drift-Alfvén waves in space plasmas – theory and mode identification

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Onishchenko, O G ^a,c   Pokhotelov, O A ^b,c   Krasnoselskikh, V V ^a   Shatalov, S I ^c  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics (Plasmas); Interplanetary physics (Plasma waves and turbulence); Ionosphere (Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; PERTURBATION; PLASMA; TURBULENCE;

EID: 60349111927     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-639-2009     Document Type: Article

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