Table 1 Mean values (denoted by the angular bracket \(\langle \cdots \rangle\)) and root-mean-square (denoted by \(\sigma (\cdots )\)) of the magnetic field \(\vec {B}\), the ion bulk velocity \(\vec {U}\), the ion number density n, and the ion temperature T on the interval 1300 to 1500 UT on August 25, 2006 (Cluster-3 data)

\(\langle B_{\rm x} \rangle , \langle B_{\rm y} \rangle , \langle B_{\rm z} \rangle\)

−15.66 nT

−2.31 nT

2.01 nT

\(\langle |\vec {B}| \rangle\)

16.10 nT

\(\langle U_{\rm x} \rangle , \langle U_{\rm y} \rangle , \langle U_{\rm z} \rangle\)

25.27 km/s

9.05 km/s

12.89 km/s

\(\langle |\vec {U}| \rangle\)

85.76 km/s

\(\langle n \rangle\)

0.064 cm⁻³

\(\langle T_\Vert \rangle , \langle T_\perp \rangle\)

18.88 MK

12.38 MK

\(\langle T \rangle\)

14.54 MK

\(\sigma (B_{\rm x}), \sigma (B_{\rm y}), \sigma (B_{\rm z})\)

0.97 nT

0.92 nT

1.98 nT

\(\sigma (|\vec {B}|)\)

1.03 nT

\(\sigma (U_{\rm x}), \sigma (U_{\rm y}), \sigma (U_{\rm z})\)

81.27 km/s

39.00 km/s

29.12 km/s

\(\sigma (|\vec {U}|)\)

50.01 km/s

\(\sigma (n)\)

0.026 cm⁻³

\(\sigma (T_\Vert ), \sigma (T_\perp )\)

11.26 MK

7.14 MK

\(\sigma (T)\)

7.76 MK