Fractal approach to description of the auroral structure

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2011-2023

  Kozelov, B V ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (nonlinear phenomena)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0141958014     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2011-2003     Document Type: Article

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