An empirical investigation of compressibility in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 1, 2004, Pages 1969-1977

  Spangler, Steven R ^a   Spitler, Laura G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; RADIO SCINTILLATION; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE FLUCTUATIONS; SOLAR WINDS;

ASTROPHYSICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SCINTILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 2942568128     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687688     Document Type: Article

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