Theory of super-diffusion for the magnetopause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1727-1730

  Treumann, Rudolf A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PROBABILITY; PLASMA TURBULENCE;

LEVY FLIGHT INTERACTIONS; LOW LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER; MAGNETOPAUSE; SCALING; SUPER DIFFUSION THEORY;

GEOPHYSICS; DIFFUSION;

BOHM SCALING; CONVENTIONAL THEORY; DENSITY PROFILE; SCALE INVARIANT;

EID: 0031192539     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01760     Document Type: Article

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