Effects of solar wind magnetosphere coupling recorded at different geomagnetic latitudes: Separation of directly-driven and storage/release systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Finch, I D ^a   Lockwood, M L ^a,b   Rouillard, Alexis P ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

COUPLING FUNCTIONS; CURRENT SYSTEMS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEW INDICES; SOLAR WIND SPEED; SOLAR WIND-MAGNETOSPHERE COUPLINGS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 58849133717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035399     Document Type: Article

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