Intermittent MHD structures and classical discontinuities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Greco, A ^a,b   Chuychai, P ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^a   Servidio, S ^a   Dmitruk, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

AVERAGE WAITING TIMES; CLASSICAL METHODS; CORRELATION LENGTHS; EVENT DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FLUX TUBES; INTERMITTENCY; INTERMITTENT STRUCTURES; MHD TURBULENCES; SOLAR WIND DISCONTINUITIES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WAITING TIMES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

CORRELATION; DISCONTINUITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 57749183080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035454     Document Type: Article

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