Magnetospheric response to sudden changes in solar wind dynamic pressure inferred from polar cap index

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Lukianova, R ^a,b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Convection; Magnetosphere; PC index; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844296809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009790     Document Type: Article

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