In situ multi-satellite detection of coherent vortices as a manifestation of Alfvénic turbulence

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7052, 2005, Pages 825-828

  Sundkvist, David ^a,b   Krasnoselskikh, Vladimir ^a   Shukla, Padma K ^c   Vaivads, Andris ^b   André, Mats ^b   Buchert, Stephan ^b   Rème, Henri ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; MAGNETOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; MULTI-SATELLITE DETECTION; PLANETARY SYSTEMS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ALFVENIC TURBULENCE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHARNEY HASEGAWA MIMA EQUATION; ENERGY; IONOSPHERE; KELVIN HELMHOLTZ VORTEX; LIQUID; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 23844434016     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03931     Document Type: Article

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