Analysis of the diurnal and semiannual variations of Dst index at different activity levels

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Chen, Hong Fei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diurnal and semiannual disturbance; Magnetic storm; Magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044271994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009981     Document Type: Article

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