The 1859 space weather event: Then and now

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-129

  Cliver, E W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

1859; Carrington event; Geomagnetic storm; Space weather; White light flare

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR SYSTEM; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; SOLAR FLARES; SOLAR SCIENCE; SPACE WEATHER EVENT;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749572618     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.077     Document Type: Article

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