Alfven Wave Kinetic Dissipation
Abstract
We will discuss the observational and theoretical parts of interplanetary Alfvén wave properties: 1) their phase steepening, forming Alfvénic turbulence, 2) their dissipation, creating magnetic compressibility and leading to the growth of secondary wave instabilities, and 3) the maintenance of interplanetary helicity. Some new ideas on the source of Alfvén waves will be discussed.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015AGUFMNG41A1789T
- Keywords:
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- 3389 Tides and planetary waves;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 2483 Wave/particle interactions;
- IONOSPHERE;
- 4455 Nonlinear waves;
- shock waves;
- solitons;
- NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS