Turbulence in the interplanetary medium: Can discrete modes co-exist with turbulence?

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1320, Issue , 2010, Pages 166-173

  Ghosh, S ^a   Thomson, D J ^b   Matthaeus, W H ^c   Lanzerotti, L J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

MHD Turbulence; Nonlinear dynamics; Wave wave interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251649657     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3544321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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