Taylor scale and effective magnetic Reynolds number determination from plasma sheet and solar wind magnetic field fluctuations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Weygand, James M ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^b   Passo, S ^c   Kivelson, M G ^a   Walker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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EID: 37249069481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012486     Document Type: Article

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