@inbook{b0804b35dc47404bada7513bac838d5d,
title = "A three-dimensional simulation of the kelvin-helmholtz instability",
abstract = "The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability has been invoked to describe the formation of auroral curls and spirals. In this paper we present results about the generation of field-aligned currents (FACs) by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability using a three- dimensional compressible simulation at the dayside low-latitude boundary layer. We explore the relationship of the height-integrated Pedersen conductivity with the formation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and the generation of FACs. A higher conductivity stabilizes the system but generates a larger integrated FAC. When the two ionospheres have different conductivities, an interhemispherical current can be generated.",
author = "Keller, {Kristi A.} and Lysak, {Robert L} and Yan Song",
year = "2000",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1029/GM118p0157",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780875909769",
series = "Geophysical Monograph Series",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
pages = "157--164",
editor = "Ryoichi Fujii and Shin-Ichi Ohtani and Michael Hesse and Lysak, {Robert L.}",
booktitle = "Magnetospheric Current Systems, 2000",
}