Substorms as nonequilibrium transitions of the magnetosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1399-1406

  Sharma, A S ^a   Sitnov, M I ^a   Papadopoulos, K ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Criticality; Phase transition; Substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000040991     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00241-8     Document Type: Article

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