Explaining and correcting the excessive semiannual variation in the Dst index

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Mursula, Kalevi ^a   Karinen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STORMS;

DST INDEX; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY; SEMIANNUAL VARIATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION;

EID: 25444472409     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023132     Document Type: Article

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