Response of the Earth's magnetosphere to changes in the solar wind

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 303-315

  McPherron, Robert L ^a,b   Weygand, James M ^a   Hsu, Tung Shin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic activity; Response modes; Solar wind coupling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; STORMS;

DYNAMIC PRESSURE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); MAGNETIC STORMS; SOLAR WIND COUPLING;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 38949090977     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.08.040     Document Type: Article

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