Self-organized criticality in the substorm phenomenon and its relation to localized reconnection in the magnetospheric plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18765-18780

  Klimas, A J ^a   Valdivia, J A ^b,c   Vassiliadis, D ^b   Baker, D N ^d   Hesse, M ^a   Takalo, J ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 39449097480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000319     Document Type: Article

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