Testing the SOC hypothesis for the magnetosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1435-1445

  Watkins, N W ^a   Freeman, M P ^a   Chapman, S C ^b   Dendy, R O ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric dynamics; Self organised criticality; Substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000920326     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00245-5     Document Type: Article

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