Simulations of resonant Alfvén waves generated by artificial HF heating of the auroral ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2943-2949

  Pokhotelov, D ^a   Lotko, W ^a   Streltsov, A V ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; MHD waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 6044257817     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2943-2004     Document Type: Article

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