Modelling the outer radiation belt as a complex system in a self-organised critical state

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 993-1001

  Crosby, Norma B ^a,b   Meredith, N P ^a,c   Coates, A J ^a   Iles, R H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 30744461368     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-993-2005     Document Type: Article

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