Predicting the initial IMF Bz polarity's change at 1 AU caused by shocks that precede coronal mass ejections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1709-1712

  Wu, Chin Chun ^a   Dryer, Murray ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ASTROPHYSICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LARGE GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; PREDICTION MODEL; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SOLAR DISTURBANCES; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

MAGNETIC POLARITY; GEOMAGNETISM;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; INITIAL TURNING; INTERPLANETARY GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; POLARITY; SOLAR DISTURBANCE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0030194987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01721     Document Type: Article

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