HR: 0800h
AN: SM51A-14    [Abstracts]
TI: Observable features of reconnection and bursty bulk flow associated turbulence in the Earth's plasma sheet
AU: * Voros, Z
EM: Zoltan.Voeroes@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, Austria
AU: * Voros, Z
EM: Zoltan.Voeroes@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
AU: Nakamura, R
EM: rumi@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, Austria
AU: Baumjohann, W
EM: baumjohann@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, Austria
AU: Runov, A
EM: andrei.runov@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, Austria
AU: Volwerk, M
EM: martin.volverk@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria, Austria
AU: Volwerk, M
EM: martin.volverk@oeaw.ac.at
AF: Max-Plank Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany, Germany
AU: Jankovicova, D
EM: dja@ufa.cas.cz
AF: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
AU: Lucek, E
EM: e.lucek@umperial.ac.uk
AF: Imperial college, London, UK, United Kingdom
AU: Reme, H
EM: reme@cesr.fr
AF: CESR/CNSR, Toulouse, France, France
AB: A better knowledge of the statistical features of reconnection and bursty bulk flow associated turbulence is essential for the understanding of multi-scale redistribution of energy in the Earth's plasma sheet. Statistical analysis of multi-scale properties of turbulence facilitates to understand the interaction of the plasma flow with the dipolar magnetic field and to recognize the remote or nearby temporal and spatial characteristics of reconnection. The main emphasis of this presentation is on studying the specific statistical features of reconnection and plasma flow associated magnetic fluctuations. The transiency of driving and the associated non-stationarity of multi-scale fluctuations makes the estimation of statistical features difficult. Additional complexity is introduced by the presence of waves, boundaries or/and large-scale gradients which induce anisotropic fluctuations and increase intermittency. Nevertheless, the scaling ranges associated with MHD turbulent cascade, Hall -MHD and large-scale fluctuations can be identified.
DE: 2159 Plasma waves and turbulence
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly