A minimal substorm model that explains the observed statistical distribution of times between substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Freeman, M P ^a   Morley, S K ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; ORBITS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOTAIL; SOLAR WIND; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

STORMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

IONOSPHERE;

DYNAMICAL STATE; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; FREE PARAMETERS; GEO-STATIONARY ORBITS; SOLAR WIND DATA; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPACECRAFT;

EID: 6044228150     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019989     Document Type: Article

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