Parallel and perpendicular cascades in solar wind turbulence

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-310

  Oughton, S ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 17144374087     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-299-2005     Document Type: Review

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