Intermittency of magnetospheric dynamics through non-Gaussian distribution function of PC-index fluctuations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Stepanova, M V ^a   Antonova, E E ^b   Troshichev, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

SOLAR WINDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0037660711     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016070     Document Type: Article

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