Novel approach to geomagnetically induced current forecasts based on remote solar observations

Space Weather

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Pulkkinen, A ^a,b   Taktakishvili, A ^a,b   Odstrcil, D ^c   Jacobs, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Electric Research and Management   (United States)

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EID: 70350043379     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000447     Document Type: Article

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