Studying geoeffective interplanetary coronal mass ejections between the Sun and Earth: Space weather implications of Solar Mass Ejection Imager observations

Space Weather

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Webb, D F ^a,b   Howard T A , ^c   Fry C D , ^d   Kuchar, T A ^a,b   Mizuno, D R ^a,b   Johnston, J C ^b   Jackson, B V ^e  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d Exploration Physics International Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70350041388     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000409     Document Type: Article

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