Fractal properties of the IMF and the Earth's magnetotail field

• Kabin K.

  Space Physics Research Laboratory, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan

• Papitashvili V. O.

  Space Physics Research Laboratory, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan

Abstract

The time series of the interplanetary and Earth's magnetotail magnetic fields are analyzed. The data subsets taken by the IMP 8 spacecraft outside and inside of the Earth's magnetosphere show clearly the fractal properties: their “box dimensions” are found to be close to 1.7 and 1.5 respectively. It is shown that data gaps have a little effect on the results. The magnetic field increment distributions are found to be non-Gaussian, but self-affine.

Journal

• Earth, Planets and Space

  Earth, Planets and Space 50 (1), 87-90, 1998

  Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, The Seismological Society of Japan, The Volcanological Society of Japan , The Geodetic Society of Japan , The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences

Keywords

• Space and Planetary Science
• Geology

Details

• CRID: 1390001206508906880
• NII Article ID: 10002205719
• NII Article ID: 130003955859
• NII Book ID: AA11211921
• DOI: 10.1186/bf03352089
• ISSN: 18805981
• ISSN: 13438832
• Web Site: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/BF03352089.pdf
• Web Site: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/BF03352089/fulltext.html
• Web Site: http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/BF03352089
• Text Lang: en
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