Evidence for a solar wind origin of the power law burst lifetime distribution of the AE indices

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1087-1090

  Freeman, M P ^a   Watkins, N W ^a   Riley, D J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPACECRAFT; SUN;

AURORAL ELECTROJET INDICES; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SELF ORGANIZED CRITICAL SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 0034352438     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010742     Document Type: Article

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