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Comment on “A statistical study of the central plasma sheet: Implications for substorm models”
Author(s) -
Cattell C. A.,
Elphic R. C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl014i007p00773
Subject(s) - substorm , plasma sheet , geophysics , flow (mathematics) , statistical analysis , statistical physics , physics , geology , plasma , meteorology , mechanics , magnetosphere , mathematics , statistics , nuclear physics
We show that the conclusions of the above paper are seriously compromised by flaws in the methodology of the statistical study. In addition, the authors' definition of a physically significant flow is not consistent with the physics of the magnetotail.