Geomagnetic storms, the Dst ring-current myth and lognormal distributions

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1171-1187

  Campbell, Wallace H ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DST RING; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; RING CURRENT INDEX;

EID: 0030449448     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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