Comment on "The IDV index: Its derivation and use in inferring long-term variations of the interplanetary magnetic field strength" by Leif Svalgaard and Edward W. Oliver

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Lockwood, M ^a,b   Rouillard, A P ^b   Finch, I ^a   Stamper, R ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33947513281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011640     Document Type: Note

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