Multi-point observations of solar wind turbulence during the MMS Solar wind turbulence campaign
Abstract
We present a study of the properties of solar wind turbulence using results from the recent turbulence campaign conducted by MMS. During this campaign the spacecraft were in a co-linear configuration with varying separations. Additionally, high volumes of burst resolution data were downlinked during this period. The high resolution coupled with the co-linear configuration provided a unique opportunity to probe the multi-scale dynamics of solar wind turbulence. Meanwhile, the high volume of continuous high-resolution observations, corresponding to several times the correlation scale, allowed for much more robust statistics of the observed properties than was previously possible with MMS data. We were able to study the properties of turbulent structures at the transition from MHD to kinetic scales, as well as the anisotropic nature of the observed intermittency.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFMSH11B..07C
- Keywords:
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- 2134 Interplanetary magnetic fields;
- INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS;
- 2159 Plasma waves and turbulence;
- INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS;
- 2164 Solar wind plasma;
- INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS;
- 4415 Cascades;
- NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS