Power law burst lifetime distribution of the SYM-H index

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Wanliss, James A ^a   Weygand, J M ^b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS;

POWER-LAW EXPONENTS; SOLAR CYCLE;

SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOSPHERE; POWER LAW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLAR WIND; THRESHOLD;

EID: 34547996131     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028235     Document Type: Article

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