Radial dependence of intermittency in the fast polar solar wind magnetic field using Ulysses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Pagel, C ^a,b   Balogh, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Probability distribution function; Solar wind; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842838005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009498     Document Type: Article

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