Multi-spacecraft measurement of anisotropic power levels and scaling in solar wind turbulence

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3019-3025

  Osman, K T ^a   Horbury, T S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Solar wind plasma); Space plasma physics (Turbulence; Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77649213985     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3019-2009     Document Type: Article

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