Propagation of Alfvén waves in the magnetotail during substorms

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2237-2246

  Lysak, R L ^a   Song, Y ^a   Jones, T W ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; MHD waves and instabilities; Storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 72049095452     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2237-2009     Document Type: Article

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