Effect of Sun's magnetic field polarity on interplanetary magnetic field Bz

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Lyatsky, W ^a   Tan, Arjun ^a   Lyatskaya, Sonya ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; VECTORS;

MAGNETIC FIELD POLARITY; SOLAR WINDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 1642586430     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017431     Document Type: Article

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