Statistical analysis of the total electron content observed at 23°S in the Brazilian sector

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Bolzan, M J A ^a   Becker Guedes, F ^a   Fagundes, P R ^a   Sahai, Y ^a   Pillat, V G ^a   Wrasse, C M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multifractal; Probability density function; TEC; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

INTERMITTENT BEHAVIORS; LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERES; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTALITY DEGREES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS (PDFS); TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; VERTICAL TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENTS; WAVELET;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 67649407319     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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