Scaling of solar wind ε and the AU, AL and AE indices as seen by wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 35-1

  Hnat, B ^a   Chapman, S C ^a   Rowlands, G ^a   Watkins, N W ^b   Freeman, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0037113617     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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