Identification of Widespread Turbulence of Dispersive Alfvén Waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Stasiewicz, K ^a   Khotyaintsev, Y ^b   Berthomier, M ^c   Wahlund, J E ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VECTORS;

ALFVEN WAVES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0034353499     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010696     Document Type: Article

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