Transport of cross helicity and radial evolution of Alfvénicity in the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Matthaeus, W H ^a   Minnie, J ^b   Breech, B ^a   Parhi, S ^a   Bieber, J W ^a   Oughton, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CROSS HELICITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC (MHD) TURBULENCE; SOLAR WIND;

GEOPHYSICS; SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR WIND;

HELICITIES; MHD TURBULENCE; PICK-UP IONS; RADIAL EVOLUTION; TRANSPORT THEORY;

EID: 6044253653     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019645     Document Type: Article

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