Nonlinear energy dissipation in a cellular automaton magnetotail field model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1813-1816

  Takalo, J ^a,c   Timonen, J ^a   Klimas, A ^b,d   Valdivia, J ^b,d   Vassiliadis, D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GSFC   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; MAGNETOTAIL FIELD MODEL; NONLINEAR ENERGY DISSIPATION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ISOTROPIC MODELS; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELING; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; POWER LAW SCALINGS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICAL BEHAVIORS; STATISTICAL FEATURES;

EID: 0032736023     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900429     Document Type: Article

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