Identification of possible intense historical geomagnetic storms using combined sunspot and auroral observations from East Asia

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 945-971

  Willis, D M ^a,b   Armstrong, G M ^a   Ault, C E ^a   Stephenson, F R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; Solar physics, astrophysics and astronomy (photosphere and chromosphere); Storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; SUNSPOT;

EID: 18744378832     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-945-2005     Document Type: Article

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