Cluster observations in the magnetosheath – Part 1: Anisotropies of the wave vector distribution of the turbulence at electron scales

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3507-3521

  Mangeney, A ^a   Lacombe, C ^a   Maksimovic, M ^a   Samsonov, A A ^b   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^c   Harvey, C C ^d   Bosqued, J M ^d   Travniek P ^e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845940841     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3507-2006     Document Type: Article

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