Living Reviews in Solar Physics

"The Solar Wind as a Turbulence Laboratory"
by
Roberto Bruno and Vincenzo Carbone  

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Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Equations and Phenomenology
3 Early Observations of MHD Turbulence in the Ecliptic
4 Observations of MHD Turbulence in the Polar Wind
5 Numerical Simulations
6 Compressive Turbulence
7 A Natural Wind Tunnel
8 Intermittency Properties in the 3D Heliosphere: Taking a Look at the Data
9 Turbulent Structures
10 Conclusions and Remarks
11 Acknowledgments
12 Appendix A: Some Characteristic Solar Wind Parameters
13 Appendix B: Tools to Analyze MHD Turbulence in Space Plasmas
14 Appendix C: Wavelets as a Tool to Study Intermittency
15 Appendix D: Reference Systems
16 Appendix E: On-board Plasma and Magnetic Field Instrumentation
17 Appendix F: Spacecraft and Datasets
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