Multifractality and intermittency in the solar wind

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-700

  Macek, W M ^a,b  

^a CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; SPECTRUM;

EID: 36248971058     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-14-695-2007     Document Type: Article

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