An investigation into the correlation of geomagnetic storms with tropospheric parameters over the South Pole

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1095-1100

  Lam, M M ^a   Rodger, A S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (pressure, density and temperature); Interplanetary physics (solar wind plasma; cosmic rays)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; SOLAR WIND; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0038647784     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1095-2003     Document Type: Article

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