Extreme value statistics in the solar wind: An application to correlated Lévy processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Moloney, Nicholas R ^a   Davidsen, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 78149316905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015114     Document Type: Article

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