Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- Instituto de Fisica del Plasma, CONICET-UBA (Argentina)
- Space Research Center, Univ. New Hampshire, NH (United States)
On December 7, 2000 a joint current sheeth and vorticity layer hit the magnetopause (MP) generating large amplitude oscillations, and wave-like perturbations observed by CLUSTER at the near dusk flank. Linear stability theory and MHD numerical simulations support the hypothesis that the waves were due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability. The simulation brings in light novel dynamic properties of the boundary layer under the KH excitation.
- OSTI ID:
- 20898818
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 875; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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