A model and observations of the multifractal spectrum of the heliospheric magnetic field strength fluctuations near 40 AU

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Burlaga, L F ^a   Wang, C ^b,c   Ness, N F ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HELIOSPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0042283065     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl016903     Document Type: Article

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