A two-stream, four-sector, recurrence pattern: Implications from WIND for the 22-year geomagnetic activity cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1275-1278

  Crooker, N U ^a   Lazarus, A J ^b   Lepping, R P ^c   Ogilvie, K W ^c   Steinberg, J T ^b   Szabo, A ^c   Onsager, T G ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUN; SUPERSONIC FLOW; MAGNETIC POLARITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY CYCLE; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; MAGNETIC POLARITY EFFECT; SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH SPEED FLOWS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARITY EFFECT; RECURRENT PATTERNS; SOLAR WIND DATA; SPEED VARIATIONS; WIND PATTERNS;

EID: 0030148969     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00031     Document Type: Article

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