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Stationarity of magnetohydrodynamic fluctuations in the solar wind
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Goldstein, M. L. Matthaeus, W. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Description | Solar wind research and studies of charged particle propagation often assume that the interplanetary magnetic field represents a stationary random process. The extent to which ensemble averages of the solar wind magnetic fields follow the asymptotic behavior predicted by the ergodic theorem was investigated. Several time periods, including a span of nearly two years, are analyzed. Data intervals which span many solar rotations satisfy the conditions of weak stationarity if the effects of solar rotation are included in the asymptotic analysis. Shorter intervals which include a small integral number of interplanetary sectors also satisfy weak stationarity. The results are illustrated using magnetometer data from the ISEE-3, Voyager and IMP spacecraft. |
| File Size | 2460802 |
| Page Count | 42 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19830002737 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4wh7d80b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1982-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solar Physics Magnetohydrodynamics Turbulence Voyager Project Homogeneity Solar Radiation Ergodic Process Solar Wind Imp International Sun Earth Explorers Interplanetary Magnetic Fields Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
