Dynamical length scales for turbulent magnetized flows

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-276

  Politano, Hélène ^a   Pouquet, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CORRELATION FUNCTION; FULL ISOTROPY; GLOBAL SCALING; INTERMITTENCY; LENGTH SCALE; LONGITUDINAL COMPONENTS; MHD TURBULENCE; THIRD ORDER;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0031997315     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03642     Document Type: Article

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