Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions www.astrophys-space-sci-trans.net 1810-6528 1810-6536 4 1 2008 10.5194/astra-4-35-2008 http://www.astrophys-space-sci-trans.net/4/35/2008/ http://www.astrophys-space-sci-trans.net/4/35/2008/astra-4-35-2008.html http://www.astrophys-space-sci-trans.net/4/35/2008/astra-4-35-2008.pdf 35 40 2008-07-08 Magnetic turbulence in and around the Earth's magnetosphere G. Zimbardo A. Greco P. Veltri Z. Voros A. L. Taktakishvili University of Calabria, Department of Physics, Rende, Italy Institute of Atmospheric Research, Prague, Czech Republic Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia also at: Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria Magnetic turbulence is found in most space plasmas, including the geospace environment. Recent spacecraft observations of magnetic turbulence in the ion foreshock, in the magnetosheath, in the polar cusp regions, and in the magnetotail will be reviewed. 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