Quantifying scaling in the velocity field of the anisotropic turbulent solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Chapman, S C ^a   Hnat, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS TURBULENCE; SOLAR WIND TURBULENCE; VELOCITY FIELD;

SOLAR WIND;

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

EID: 35948983732     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030518     Document Type: Article

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