A statistical study of the geoeffectiveness of magnetic clouds during high solar activity years

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Jichun ^a   Liemohn, Michael W ^a   Kozyra, Janet U ^a   Lynch, Benjamin J ^a   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dst index; Magnetic cloud; Solar wind magnetospheric interactions; Space weather; Storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749091128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010410     Document Type: Article

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