Solar cycle effect on geomagnetic storms caused by interplanetary magnetic clouds

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3383-3389

  Wu, C C ^a,b,c   Lepping, R P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33845961928     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3383-2006     Document Type: Article

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