The nonlinear behavior of whistler waves at the reconnecting dayside magnetopause as observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission: A case study

Authors :: Per-Arne Lindqvist
O. Le Contel
Frederick Wilder
Martin V. Goldman
Daniel B. Graham
Barbara L. Giles
Roy B. Torbert
Steven J. Schwartz
David M. Malaspina
James L. Burch
Robert J. Strangeway
Christopher T. Russell
Narges Ahmadi
T. D. Phan
K. J. Trattner
Yu. V. Khotyaintsev
David Newman
K. A. Goodrich
Werner Magnes
Ferdinand Plaschke
Stefan Eriksson
Robert E. Ergun
Matthew R. Argall
Allison Jaynes
T. W. Leonard
Source :: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 122:5487-5501
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2017.
Abstract: We show observations of whistler mode waves in both the low-latitude boundary layer (LLBL) and on closed magnetospheric field lines during a crossing of the dayside reconnecting magnetopause by the ...

Subjects :: Physics
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Whistler
Field line
Geophysics
01 natural sciences
Nonlinear system
Boundary layer
Physics::Plasma Physics
Space and Planetary Science
Physics::Space Physics
0103 physical sciences
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Magnetopause
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Whistler mode
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences

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