Compressive fluctuations in high-latitude solar wind

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 689-696

  Bavassano, B ^a   Pietropaolo, E ^b   Bruno, R ^a  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (MHD waves and turbulence; solar wind plasma); Space plasma physics (turbulence)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1342288837     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-689-2004     Document Type: Article

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