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Variability of magnetic field spectra in the Earth's magnetotail

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NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 691-698

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COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-691-2009

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We investigate the variability of magnetic fluctuation spectra below 1 Hz in the Earth's plasma sheet using specially selected long observation intervals by Geotail spacecraft. The spectra can be generally described by a negative power law with two kinks. The range between kinks similar to 0.02-0.2 Hz has the most stable power law index similar to 2.4-2.6. Indices at the lower and the higher frequencies are more variable and generally increase with power of fluctuations. In the sub-second range fluctuations are strongly localized and indices are closer to 3. At the lower-frequency end indices are about 1.5. The lower kink is usually well defined on average spectra and its frequency tends to increase with activity. Combination of spectrum index alpha and fractal dimension delta is expected to follow the Berry relation alpha + 2 delta = 5, but actually is similar to 5.5.

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