Multiple overshoot and rebound of a bursty bulk flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Panov, E V ^a,b   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Petrukovich, A A ^b   Retino A ^a   Volwerk, M ^a   Takada, T ^d   Glassmeier, K H ^e,f   McFadden, J P ^g   Larson On Leave From, D ^g  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; BURSTY BULK FLOW; DAMPED OSCILLATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; PLASMA SHEET; RADIAL PRESSURE;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

FILAMENTS (LAMP);

OSCILLATING FLOW; PLASMA; SHEET FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX;

EID: 77951984024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041971     Document Type: Article

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