Evaluation of the turbulent energy cascade rates from the upper inertial range in the solar wind at 1 AU

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Vasquez, Bernard J ^a   Smith, Charles W ^a   Hamilton, Kathleen ^a   MacBride, Benjamin T ^a   Leamon, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 34548546831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012305     Document Type: Article

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