Identifying Active Kelvin–Helmholtz Vortices on Saturn's Magnetopause Boundary
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gl084206
Abstract: For ∼2,000 Cassini magnetopause encounters, we analyse plasma and magnetic fields. The boundary can be unstable to the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KHI), which can drive large‐scale flows identifiable in plasma measurements. Bulk flow reversed from the… read more here.
Keywords: active kelvin; identifying active; helmholtz vortices; kelvin helmholtz ... See more keywords