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Miura 1985
Miura, A. (1985). Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the magnetospheric boundary. Geophysical Research Letters 12: doi: 10.1029/GL012i010p00635. issn: 0094-8276.

A magnetohydrodynamic simulation of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the magnetospheric boundary is performed by including inhomogeneities of plasma and magnetic field at the dayside low latitude magnetospheric boundary. A magnetopause current layer is corrugated highly nonlinearly by the instability and a wide velocity boundary layer is formed within the magnetopause current layer, a result being consistent with observations. Interchange of plasma and flux tubes is accomplished by the instability.

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