Origins of the semiannual variation of geomagnetic activity in 1954 and 1996

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Cliver, E W ^a   Svalgaard, L ^b   Ling, A G ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Easy Toolkit Inc   (United States)

^c Radex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetosphere (solar wind Magnetosphere interactions; storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 1142281846     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-93-2004     Document Type: Article

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