Geometric description of the magnetic field and plasma coupling in the near-Earth stretched tail prior to a substorm

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 705-721

  Milovanov, Alexander V ^a   Zelenyi, Lev M ^a   Veltri, Pierluigi ^b   Zimbardo, Gaetano ^b   Taktakishvili, Alexander L ^c  

^a Space Res Inst Russ Acad S ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Fractal topology; Self organised turbulence; Substorm onset

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001187348     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00186-3     Document Type: Article

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