The Earth's plasma sheet as a laboratory for flow turbulence in high-β MHD

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-34

  Borovsky, Joseph E ^a   Elphic, Richard C ^a   Funsten, Herbert O ^a   Thomsen, Michelle F ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH (PLANET); GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

BULK FLOW; FLUCTUATIONS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0030676938     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: 14697807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377896005259     Document Type: Article

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