Extreme bursts in the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Moloney, Nicholas R ^a,b   Davidsen, Jrn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA TURBULENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WIND;

BURST STATISTICS; DURATION TIME; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER LAW; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR MAXIMA; SPACE WEATHER; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; WIND VARIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

PLASMA; POWER LAW; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 79960507477     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048245     Document Type: Article

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