Spectra and anisotropy of magnetic fluctuations in the Earth's magnetosheath: Cluster observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3585-3596

  Alexandrova, O ^a   Lacombe, C ^b   Mangeney, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 56549099134     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3585-2008     Document Type: Article

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