Turbulent heating and cross-field transport near the magnetopause from THEMIS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Chaston, C ^a   Bonnell, J ^a   McFadden, J P ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Cully, C ^b   Le Contel, O ^c   Roux, A ^c   Auster, H U ^d   Glassmeier, K H ^d   Angelopoulos, V ^e   Russell, C T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTROLYSIS; HEATING; IONS; TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORTS; DOPPLER; FIELD TRANSPORTS; LOW FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS; MAGNETOSHEATH; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMAS; N WAVES; SCALINGS; SPECTRAL ENERGY DENSITIES; THRESHOLD AMPLITUDES; TRANSIT TIMES; TURBULENT HEATING; TURBULENT SPECTRUMS; WAVE NUMBERS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

DAMPING; ELECTRON; HEATING; ION; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; POWER LAW; SATELLITE MISSION; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 57049161980     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033601     Document Type: Article

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