On the chaotic nature of solar-terrestrial environment: Interplanetary Alfvén intermittency

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Chian, A C L ^a,b   Kamide, Y ^b   Rempel, E L ^c   Santana, W M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33947603051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011396     Document Type: Article

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