Multiple magnetic clouds: Several examples during March-April 2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Y M ^a   Ye, P Z ^a   Wang, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Geomagnetic storms; Interaction; Interplanetary space; Multiple magnetic clouds

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549151091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009850     Document Type: Article

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