A coupled-map model for the magnetotail current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2913-2916

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GSFC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA FLOW; SOLAR WIND; WIND;

MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET; SOLAR WINDS;

RADIATION BELTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

COUPLED MAP LATTICES; COUPLED-MAP MODEL; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD MODELING; MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET; POWER LAW SCALINGS; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICAL BEHAVIORS;

EID: 0033208562     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003616     Document Type: Article

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