Generalized two-scale weighted Cantor set model for solar wind turbulence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Macek, W M ^a,b   Szczepaniak, A ^b  

^a CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SOLAR WIND; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

CANTOR SET MODEL; MULTIFRACTAL SPECTRUM; SOLAR WIND TURBULENCE;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMPRESSION; PROBABILITY; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

EID: 40849141004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032263     Document Type: Article

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