Long-term geomagnetic indices and their use in inferring solar wind parameters in the past

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1112-1120

  Svalgaard, L ^a   Cliver, E W ^b  

^a Easy Toolkit Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic index; Long term; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETIC INDEX; INFERRING SOLAR WIND PARAMETERS; INTER HOUR VARIABILITY (IHV); INTERDIURNAL VARIABILITY (IDV);

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 34548711276     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.06.066     Document Type: Article

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