A coupled map as a model of the dynamics of the magnetotail current sheet

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1407-1414

  Takalo, J ^a,b,c   Timonen, J ^a   Klimas, A J ^b   Valdivia, J A ^b   Vassiliadis, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Current sheet; Magnetospheric dynamics; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142035819     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00242-X     Document Type: Article

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