Fractal reconnection structures on the magnetopause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Coleman, Iain J ^a   Freeman, Mervyn P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA THEORY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TURBULENCE;

LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURES; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMA; NOISE LEVELS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETOPAUSE; MODELING;

EID: 17744370307     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021779     Document Type: Article

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