Statistics of the largest geomagnetic storms per solar cycle (1844-1993)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 719-728

  Willis, D M ^a,c   Stevens, P R ^a,b   Crothers, S R ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Holmes Chapel   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0642311915     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0719-5     Document Type: Article

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