Anisotropy of the Taylor scale and the correlation scale in plasma sheet magnetic field fluctuations as a function of auroral electrojet activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Weygand, James M ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^b   El Alaoui, M ^a   Dasso, S ^c   Kivelson, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

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EID: 78650908696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015499     Document Type: Article

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