An empirical formula relating the geomagnetic storm's intensity to the interplanetary parameters: - V̄Bz and Δt

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Yuming ^a   Shen, C L ^a   Wang, S ^a   Ye, P Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STORMS; GEOMAGNETISM; SOLAR SYSTEM;

GEOEFFECTIVENESS; GEOMAGNETIC STORMS;

GEOMAGNETISM; STORMS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; GEOEFFECTIVENESS; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; GOOD CORRELATIONS; PEAK VALUES;

EID: 1242345136     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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