Kelvin-Helmholtz Instablity on the Magnetopause (IV) Some Properties of Compressible Surface Wave

Pu Zu-yin; M. G. Kivelson

doi:10.11728/cjss1988.01.039

Volume 8 Issue 1

Jan. 1988

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Pu Zu-yin, M. G. Kivelson. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instablity on the Magnetopause (IV) Some Properties of Compressible Surface Wave[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1988, 8(1): 39-46. doi: 10.11728/cjss1988.01.039

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Pu Zu-yin, M. G. Kivelson. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instablity on the Magnetopause (IV) Some Properties of Compressible Surface Wave[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 1988, 8(1): 39-46. doi: 10.11728/cjss1988.01.039

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Kelvin-Helmholtz Instablity on the Magnetopause (IV) Some Properties of Compressible Surface Wave

doi: 10.11728/cjss1988.01.039 cstr: 32142.14.cjss1988.01.039

Pu Zu-yin¹,
M. G. Kivelson²

1.
Dept of Geophysics, Peking University
2.
Deft of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California

Received Date: 1987-03-05
Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
Publish Date: 1988-01-24

Abstract

Abstract

In this paper,several properties of the compressible Kelvin-Helmholtz unstable waves on the magnetopause including the phase relationship between δB and dp,the polarization of δB,the spatial growth rate and it's local time effects on the geomagnetic pulsations and the response of K-H unstable waves to the variations of IMF are investigated.It is shown that knowing these properties is very helpful in understanding the generations of both MHD weves in the magnetospheric boundary region and low frequency geomagnetic pulsstions.