Magnetic reconnection as an element of turbulence

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 675-695

  Servidio, S ^a   Dmitruk, P ^b   Greco, A ^a   Wan, M ^c   Donato, S ^a   Cassak, P A ^d   Shay, M A ^c   Carbone, V ^a   Matthaeus, W H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 80054058910     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-675-2011     Document Type: Article

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