Multi-point observations of intermittency in the cusp regions

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-534

  Echim, M M ^a,c   Lamy, H ^a   Chang, T ^b  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN METHOD; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548080667     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-14-525-2007     Document Type: Article

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