The "calm before the storm" in CIR/magnetosphere interactions: Occurrence statistics, solar wind statistics, and magnetospheric preconditioning

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Borovsky, Joseph E ^a   Steinberg, John T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33947604133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011397     Document Type: Article

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