Parametric interaction of kinetic Alfvén waves with convective cells

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Pokhotelov, O A ^a,b   Onishchenko, O G ^b   Sagdeev, R Z ^c   Balikhin, M A ^a,b   Stenflo, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Parametric instability; Reynold stresses

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044233727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010185     Document Type: Article

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