Real time Kp predictions from solar wind data using neural networks

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-280

  Boberg, Fredrik ^a   Wintoft, Peter ^b   Lundstedt, Henrik ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; NEURAL NETWORK; SOLAR CYCLE; SUN;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0034000225     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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