A comparison of the probability distribution of observed substorm magnitude with that predicted by a minimal substorm model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2427-2437

  Morley, S K ^a,b   Freeman, M P ^b   Tanskanen, E I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREDICTION; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; TIME SERIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND POWER;

EID: 36749073944     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2427-2007     Document Type: Article

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