Measurement of the stochasticity of low-latitude geomagnetic temporal variations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2025-2030

  Wanliss, J A ^a   Reynolds, M A ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; plasmasphere); Space plasma physics (nonlinear Phenomena)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0141958011     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2025-2003     Document Type: Article

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