Spatial structure of plasma flow associated turbulence in the Earth's plasma sheet

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Voeroes, Z ^a,b   Baumjohann, W ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Runov, A ^a   Volwerk, M ^a,c   Takada, T ^a   Lucek, E A ^d   Rme, H ^e  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; PLASMA; SKEWNESS; SPACECRAFT; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 33846885421     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-13-2007     Document Type: Article

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