Sizes and relative geoeffectiveness of interplanetary coronal mass ejections and preceding shock sheaths during intense strorms in 1996-2005

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, J ^a   Poomvises, W ^a   Richardson, Ian G ^b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; STATISTICS; STORMS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; INTERPLANETARY CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (ICMES); SHOCK SHEATH;

GEOPHYSICS;

CORONAL MASS EJECTION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; INTERPLANETARY DUST; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 40849142360     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032045     Document Type: Article

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