A comparative study of four-field and fully compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24835-24843

  Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Ng, C S ^a   Ghosh, S ^b   Goldstein, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 17144382332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900327     Document Type: Review

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