Magnetic fluctuations and turbulence in the Venus magnetosheath and wake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Vörös, Zoltan ^a   Zhang, T L ^b   Leubner, M P ^a   Volwerk, M ^b   Delva, M ^b   Baumjohann, W ^b   Kudela, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

1/F FLUCTUATIONS; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS; MAGNETOSHEATH; NON-GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; VARIATIONS OF;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; VENUS; WAKE;

VENUSIA;

EID: 49849084254     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033879     Document Type: Article

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