Scalings, cascade and intermittency in solar wind turbulence

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 343-360

  Carbone, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Solar wind; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NATURE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INERTIAL RANGES; INTERMITTENCY; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; KINETIC APPROACH; SCALING PROPERTIES; SCALINGS; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; SOLAR-WIND TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MEDIUM; UNIVERSAL BEHAVIORS;

ASTRONOMY; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 84869497318     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9907-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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