The causes of long-term change in the aa index

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Clilverd, Mark A ^a   Clark, Toby D G ^b   Clarke, Ellen ^b   Rishbeth, Henry ^c   Ulich, Thomas ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aa index; Activity; Cycle; Geomagnetic; Solar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141949618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000501     Document Type: Article

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