Properties and geoeffectiveness of magnetic clouds in the rising, maximum and early declining phases of solar cycle 23

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 625-641

  Huttunen, K E J ^a   Schwenn, R ^b   Bothmer, V ^b   Koskinen, H E J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Interplanetary magnetic fields); Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Solar physics, astrophysics and astronomy (Flares and mass ejections)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 16344365808     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-625-2005     Document Type: Article

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