Is the dynamic magnetosphere an avalanching system?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 911-914

  Lui, A T Y ^a   Chapman, S C ^b   Liou, K ^a   Newell, P T ^a   Meng, C I ^a   Brittnacher, M ^c   Parks, G K ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AVALANCHING SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC MAGNETOSPHERES; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY OUTPUT; POWER LAW INDEX;

MAGNETOSPHERE; GEOPHYSICS;

AVALANCHING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL AURORAL ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 0034353246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010752     Document Type: Article

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