Dynamical evolution of coherent structures in intermittent two-dimensional MHD turbulence

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1938-1943

  Wu, C C ^a   Chang, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC SHEAR; MAGNETOTAIL;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0034460409     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902222     Document Type: Article

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