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

Watkins, N.W.. 2002 Scaling in the space climatology of auroral indices: is SOC the only possible description? Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 9 (5-6). 389-397.

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Abstract/Summary

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-organised criticality (SOC) is the most natural explanation of the “stylised facts” so far known for AE. We identify and discuss some open questions, answers to which will clarify the extent to which AE’s properties provide evidence for SOC. We then suggest an SOC-like reconnection-based scenario drawing on the result of Craig (2001) as an explanation of the very recent demonstration by Uritsky et al. (2001b) of power laws in several properties of spatiotemporal features seen in auroral images.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Magnetic Reconnection, Substorms and their Consequences
ISSN:	1023-5809
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open access journal
Date made live:	28 Mar 2012 11:47 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17514

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Magnetic Reconnection, Substorms and their Consequences

ISSN:

1023-5809

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open access journal

Date made live:

28 Mar 2012 11:47 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17514