Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net 1023-5809 1607-7946 14 6 2007 10.5194/npg-14-701-2007 http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/14/701/2007/ http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/14/701/2007/npg-14-701-2007.html http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/14/701/2007/npg-14-701-2007.pdf 701 708 2007-11-23 Analysis of global geomagnetic variability V. Anh Z.-G. Yu z.yu@qut.edu.au J. A. Wanliss School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Q4001, Australia Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816-2370, USA School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Hunan, 411105, China Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 600 S. 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