Using the R/S statistic to analyze AE data

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1387-1397

  Price, C P ^a   Newman, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetosphere interactions; Nonlinear dynamics; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000246493     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00240-6     Document Type: Article

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