Power law probability distributions of multiscale auroral dynamics from ground-based TV observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Kozelov, B V ^a   Uritsky, V M ^b   Klimas, Alex J ^c  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2437 Ionosphere: Ionospheric dynamics; 2704 Magnetospheric physics: Auroral phenomena (2407); 2736 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; 3250 Mathematical geophysics: Fractals and multifractals; 7839 Space plasma physics: Nonlinear phenomena

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

AURORAL EMISSION; SELF-ORGANIZED CRITICAL (SOC) BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGERS (UVI);

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 11844291926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020962     Document Type: Article

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