Estimation of geomagnetically induced current levels from different input data

Space Weather

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Pulkkinen, Antti ^a   Viljanen, Ari ^b   Pirjola, Risto ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 34248538602     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006SW000229     Document Type: Article

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