Intermittency in the auroral absorption fluctuations as manifestation of magnetospheric turbulence

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 559-565

  Stepanova, M V ^a   Antonova, E E ^b   Foppiano, A J ^c   Rosenberg, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral absorption; Geomagnetic substorm; Intermittency; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GEOMAGNETISM; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AURORAL ABSORPTION; GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; GEOMAGNETIC SUBSTORM; INTERMITTENCY;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 33645997725     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.04.112     Document Type: Article

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