Evaluation on the analogy between the dynamic magnetosphere and a forced and/or self-organized critical system

The dissipation power and size of auroral blobs are investigated in detail to examine the possible analogy between the dynamic magnetosphere and a forced and/or self-organized critical system. The distributions of these auroral parameters are sorted in terms of different levels of activity, name...

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Main Author: A. T. Y. Lui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/9/399/2002/npg-9-399-2002.pdf