Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000
Abstract
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.
Publication Date
12-13-2006
Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher
AIP
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Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Gratton, F. T.; Farrugia, C. J.; Bilbao, L.; Gnavil, G.; Lund, E. (2006). Large amplitude perturbations and waves at the duskside LLBL of the magnetopause generated by an interplanetary tangential discontinuity on December 7, 2000, Plasma and Fusion Science. Vol. 875, 303.