supported by NSFC grants(41028003 and 40890163);NSF grants(ATM-0852682 and ATM-0646442);NSF grant ATM0902730;NASA grant NNX10AK97G to Auburn University;at PPPL by NASA grants(NNG07EK69I,NNH07AF37I,NNH09AM53I,NNH09AK63I,and NNH11AQ46I);DOE con-tract DE-AC02-09CH11466
Two-dimensional(2-D)and three-dimensional(3-D)hybrid simulations are carried out for mode conversion from fast mode compressional wave to kinetic Alfvn waves(KAWs)at the inhomogeneous magnetopause boundary.For cases i...