Geomagnetic activity indicates large amplitude for sunspot cycle 24

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Hathaway, David H ^a   Wilson, Robert M ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WIND; GEOMAGNETISM;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY INDEX; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

GEOMAGNETISM; SOLAR RADIATION;

AMPLITUDE; GEOMAGNETISM; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND; SUNSPOT;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH-SPEED SOLAR WIND STREAMS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY CYCLES; SUNSPOT CYCLES; SUNSPOT NUMBER;

EID: 38549171814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027053     Document Type: Article

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