Finite element modeling of nonlinear dispersive field line resonances: Trapped shear Alfvén waves inside field-aligned density structures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A11, 2003, Pages

  Lu, J Y ^a,d   Rankin, R ^a   Marchand, R ^a   Tikhonchuk, V T ^b   Wanliss, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^c EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Auroral processe; Finite element modeling; Shear Alfv n waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905350392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010035     Document Type: Article

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