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Title: Characteristic time scale of auroral electrojet data

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/94GL00184· OSTI ID:35416
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  1. Univ. of Jyvaeskylae (Finland)

The authors study the different time scales which have been observed in the auroral electrojet (AE) data. Structure function data shows the AE time series experiences a scaling change with a time scale of approximately 2 hours. Autocorrelation measurements also reveal a characteristic time of close to two hours. The authors argue here for a relationship between these two times, and for a relationship between these two times and the time scale of breaks in the power spectrum of the AE data.

OSTI ID:
35416
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 21, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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