Intermittency analyses on the SIERRA measurements of the electric field fluctuations in the auroral zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tam, Sunny W Y ^a   Chang, Tom ^a   Kintner, Paul M ^b   Klatt, Eric ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPACECRAFT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD FLUCTUATIONS; INTERMITTENCY ANALYSIS; POWER-LAW RELATION; SPACECRAFT FRAMES;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HESPERIS;

EID: 20444502184     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021445     Document Type: Article

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