Scaling in the space climatology of the auroral indices: is SOC the only possible description?

The study of the robust features of the magnetosphere is motivated both by new "whole system" approaches, and by the idea of "space climate" as opposed to "space weather". We enumerate these features for the AE index, and discuss whether self...

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Main Author: N. W. Watkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2002-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/9/389/2002/npg-9-389-2002.pdf